2 min learnRewa (mp)Up to date: Aug 10, 2026 10:02 AM IST
Amid the controversy over the mixing of ethanol with petrol, BJP MP Janardan Mishra Sunday defended the Centre’s coverage as he questioned these opposing it: “Will pure petrol come out of your father’s home?”
Talking on the inauguration of recent flight providers from Rewa to Bhopal and Kolkata, Mishra mentioned India produces solely 20 per cent of its crude oil calls for, whereas 80 per cent must be imported from overseas.
Citing the worldwide geopolitical turmoil, the MP from Rewa claimed that the vessels carrying oil from the Gulf nations need to journey a further distance of roughly 18,000 km to convey the imports to India.
“In such a state of affairs, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about mixing 20 per cent ethanol in petrol, some folks begin protesting. A motion is underway claiming that ethanol received’t work; pure petrol will. Will pure petrol come out of your father’s home? If there’s no pure petrol within the nation, the place will it come from?” he requested.
Mishra additionally said that automobiles in India can run on ethanol-blended petrol, however some are deceptive folks towards it. “If ethanol isn’t produced, the place will petrol come from, the place will diesel come from?”
He additional claimed that the automobiles in Brazil run on 100 per cent ethanol, and that too with none points.
Brazil produces the utmost quantity of ethanol on the planet, and therefore automobiles there run on 100 per cent ethanol, he mentioned.
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Identified for his controversial feedback, Mishra mentioned specialists in India additionally imagine that ethanol doesn’t trigger any injury to automobile engines, but there may be “pointless” opposition to it.
Mishra additionally claimed that if there may be anywhere on the planet immediately the place employment is highest and inflation is the bottom, it’s in India.
— with inputs from PTI
