On Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal accused the central government of bowing to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that he would march with hundreds of people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence and submit petitions against E20 fuel.
Speaking to reporters in the national capital, he further said: The government’s continued push for ethanol-blended petrol indicates that there is a “hidden agenda,” he said.
I will go to the Prime Minister’s residence on Tuesday with 100 people to personally hand over petitions signed by the public and discuss the issues related to ethanol-blended petrol.
Even though the government is pursuing this, people are facing many problems with their vehicles, which means there is a hidden agenda.
People say that Prime Minister Modi has come under pressure from Trump to buy ethanol from the United States.
Since there was no response to the letter sent to the Prime Minister last month requesting time to discuss concerns about E20 petrol, I am going to personally hand over the petitions to Modi.
In my letter, I had said that options for both pure petrol and E20 fuel should be available at petrol stations, and that the price of ethanol-blended petrol should be reduced.
We have not received any response regarding the letter, so now we will personally hand over the petition to Prime Minister Modi. We launched a petition campaign against ethanol-blended petrol. More than 2 lakh people have signed this petition, said Kejriwal.
