India, Aug. 7 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday stepped up the opposition's attack on the Centre's nationwide rollout of E20 petrol. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said it was a "very big issue" and alleged it was damaging vehicles and burdening consumers.

In a video message, the Congress MP, examining a car, said the party would take up the issue aggressively and claimed the rollout was hurting vehicle owners across the country. The BJP later claimed on X that the vehicle featured in Gandhi's video was itself E20-compliant.

"The issue of E-20 is a very big issue. Normally, we say Daal mein kuch kaala hai, but yahaan toh puri Daal hi kaali hai. (There is something wrong with lentils. But this lentil itself is wrong),"...