New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Monday intensified the party's attack on the Centre over the nationwide rollout of E20 petrol, alleging that the government's defence of the ethanol-blended fuel ignored growing consumer complaints and findings from policy and technical reports on its impact on older vehicles.
In a post on social media platform X, Ramesh said union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari's reply in Parliament on July 29 regarding the rollout of E20 petrol "raises more questions than it answers.""He claims that E20 has been rolled out after years of scientific testing and that there is no evidence of widespread vehicle damage," Ramesh said, while contend...