Karnataka Ethanol Limit: Rahul Gandhi alleges petrol samples exceed mandated twenty percent.

Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition <b>Rahul Gandhi</b> on Saturday alleged that fuel companies were supplying petrol with ethanol content exceeding the mandated twenty percent limit. He cited laboratory tests of samples collected from seven districts in <b>Karnataka</b> to support his claim. Gandhi stated that eleven out of fourteen petrol samples tested at an accredited laboratory contained more than twenty percent ethanol. He highlighted that samples from <b>IOCL</b> reached 31.2 percent while <b>HPCL</b> samples touched 30.5 percent during the testing process. He further claimed that various public and private companies including IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Nayara, and Shell failed to mention the exact ethanol quantity in their reports. He alleged that consumers are paying high prices for fuel while receiving excess ethanol.