New Delhi, May 15 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hit out at the Centre over the hike in petrol and diesel prices, calling the situation a "Modi-government-made crisis" and alleging that a leadership failure in the NDA government had worsened the economic burden on the common people amid the ongoing West Asia conflict.

In a post on X, Kharge said the country was facing not only an international fuel crisis but also a "leadership crisis" caused by what he described as the government's incompetence and lack of visionary thinking.

"The people of the country must understand that, alongside the current International Fuel Crisis, the major reason for the economic crisis in India is the Leadership Crisis in the Modi governme...