'E20 Turned Into 420': Rahul Gandhi Accuses Modi Govt Of Cheating Consumers As Karnataka Tests Find Up To 31.2% Ethanol In Petrol
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Modi government over the rollout of E20 petrol, citing test results of samples collected by the Karnataka government, and asked the Centre to come clean on the actual ethanol content in fuel being sold across the country. Also Watch: In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, “E20 turned into 420 – stealing petrol from the public's…
On November 7, 2026, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the Modi government's decision to introduce E20 petrol, alleging that the Centre is misleading consumers. He pointed to test results from the Karnataka government, which found that 11 out of 14 petrol samples exceeded the prescribed 20% ethanol limit, with levels reaching 31.2% at IOCL and 30.5% at HPCL.
Gandhi accused the companies of cheating the public, as the government claims petrol contains only 20% ethanol. He also questioned why the companies' own laboratories did not report the ethanol content and called for an open debate on the issue. The Karnataka government had previously accused major oil marketing companies of supplying petrol with ethanol content above the prescribed limit, with levels as high as 31.2%.
The state's Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Legal Metrology Minister, Rizwan Arshad, defended the allegations, stating that the findings were based on accredited lab tests. However, state-run OMCs BPCL, HPCL and IOC disputed the claims, asserting that their E20 petrol complied with Bureau of Indian Standards' specifications.
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