India, July 7 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday stepped up its attack on the Centre over the nationwide rollout of E20-blended petrol, with party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal alleging that the government misled consumers by asking automobile manufacturers to publicly endorse the fuel despite cautionary provisions in their own vehicle manuals.

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal claimed that the Centre had asked six automobile manufacturers to reassure consumers that E20 petrol could safely be used even in vehicles designed for lower ethanol blends. He alleged that while three companies refused to make such claims, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota Kirloskar and Hero MotoCorp publicly stated that E20 would not damage E10-compatible veh...