Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sharply criticised the Modi government for its handling of the deepening energy crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict, demanding a comprehensive parliamentary discussion to reveal the truth to the public suffering from shortages. He highlighted the government's alleged incompetence despite foreknowledge of the war, noting failures to secure India's energy supplies amid disruptions like the Strait of Hormuz blockade affecting oil, gas, and LPG imports from key suppliers such as Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Kharge detailed widespread impacts including farmers facing fuel and fertilizer shortages, rationing of LPG cylinders with long queues at agencies, up to 25-day waits for domestic cylinders, and closures of restaurants alongside black marketing; he also pointed to stalled 60,000 tonnes of Basmati exports, disrupted wheat shipments, surging medicine prices from 30% raw material cost hikes, cascading pressures on textiles, aviation fuel, steel, ceramics, glass, FMCG and automobiles, drawing parallels to past denials during demonetization and COVID mismanagement where initial assurances of quick resolutions proved false.
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