Overview
- On Tuesday Arvind Kejriwal led about 100 AAP activists to submit roughly 233,238 petitions against E20 petrol but Delhi Police stopped the march and protesters staged a sit‑in on Firoz Shah Road.
- The Centre says India has been supplying E20 nationwide since December 2025, that 478 ethanol units now have about 2,019 crore litres of annual capacity, and that more than 20 crore two‑wheelers and 3 crore petrol cars have used higher blends without verified evidence of widespread engine failure.
- Government and automaker statements acknowledge a modest fuel‑economy drop of roughly 3–5 percent in some older vehicles but deny E20 causes abnormal engine wear or reduced component life.
- Opposition leaders and regional chiefs say the rollout has raised consumer costs, favoured ethanol producers through subsidies, and created regional imbalances in production, while the ruling party says critics are politicising the issue.
- No policy reversal or consumer compensation has been announced and ministries say there are no plans to incentivise vehicles running on blends above 20 percent; the dispute could drive further protests, parliamentary questions and demands for pump‑level choice or price offsets.