New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has accused a "petroleum lobby" of spreading disinformation about blending 20 per cent ethanol with petrol being corrosive to engines, calling the claims as "completely false".

Dismissing claims that many vehicles are not E20 compatible, Gadkari in an interview with Moneycontrol said that the authorities have verified everything on ground.

"This is completely false. We have done trials on old cars. In Brazil. they do 27 percent blending but there have been no complaints. There are some people in the petroleum lobby who are spreading this...we have verified everything on technical ground," he was quoted as saying by the news publication.

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