RANCHI, March 16 -- Jharkhand finance minister Radhakrishna Kishore said in the Assembly on Monday that the state is facing a shortage of both domestic and commercial LPG, which is likely to affect household kitchens as well as businesses such as hotels, canteens and restaurants, besides resulting in a loss of GST revenue to the state exchequer.

The remark came in response to protest done by the ruling party legislators inside and outside the Assembly last week, alleging shortage of LPG crisis in wake of the US-Iran conflict. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the other hand had accused the Congress party of creating panic when there was no shortage of the fuel in the state.

On Saturday, Kishore, who is also the parliamentar...