AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that he would march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Tuesday with 100 people to submit petitions against E20 fuel. He claimed the Centre was pushing ethanol-blended petrol under pressure from US President Donald Trump.
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said he would personally hand over the petitions after receiving no response to a letter sent to the prime minister last month seeking an appointment to discuss concerns over E20 petrol. He said the petitions reflected public complaints about vehicle-related problems linked to the fuel.
Kejriwal alleged that India had “yielded” to Trump to buy ethanol from the US and said the government’s continued push for ethanol-blended petrol suggested there was a “hidden agenda.”
“I will go to the PM’s residence tomorrow along with 100 people to personally hand over the petitions signed by the public and discuss issues related to ethanol-blended petrol. People are facing several problems with their vehicles despite all that the government is continuing with this, which means there is a hidden agenda,” he said.
#WATCH | Delhi: AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal says, “A few days ago, we launched an online petition addressed to the Prime Minister, and approximately 2,33,238 people signed it within just a short period… Tomorrow at 12:00 PM, I will set out from my office with a group pic.twitter.com/wmkOvBIj2T— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2026
“People are saying that PM Modi is under pressure from Trump to buy ethanol from the US.” Kejriwal said his earlier letter to Modi had sought the availability of options for both pure petrol and E20 fuel at petrol stations, apart from demanding a reduction in the price of ethanol-blended petrol.
“We did not get any response on the letter, so now we will personally hand over the petition to PM Modi. We had launched a petition campaign against ethanol-blended petrol. More than 2 lakh people have signed this petition,” he said.
Kejriwal also said the “Ethanol Townhall” organised by the AAP last week was a “huge success”, with several people joining the meeting virtually.
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India Today Web Desk
Published On:
Aug 3, 2026 13:12 IST
