‘Avoid buying new vehicles for a few years’: Kejriwal alleges govt plans ethanol blending in diesel, ATF

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that the Centre is planning to expand ethanol blending beyond petrol to diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), while also increasing ethanol content in petrol beyond the current E20 mix. He urged people to avoid buying new petrol and diesel vehicles for the next few years.

In a post on X in Hindi, Kejriwal claimed the government plans to raise ethanol blending in petrol to more than 50% after introducing E20 fuel.

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“It seems they are going to adulterate petrol with more than 50 per cent. They are just waiting for the atmosphere to calm down. First, they forced E20 petrol into your E0 and E10 vehicles and wrecked them. Today, if you buy a new E20 vehicle, the government will force E50 petrol into it after a few days and damage it,” he said.

Kejriwal further alleged that the government would soon introduce ethanol blending in diesel, and advised people against purchasing new petrol or diesel vehicles for the time being.

In a separate post, the former Delhi chief minister claimed the Modi government was also planning to blend ethanol in aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
“Sources indicate that the Modi government plans to mix ethanol in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). Experts say that this could seriously compromise the safety of flights,” he said.

Earlier this month, Kejriwal had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concerns over the nationwide rollout of E20 petrol. He sought the availability of both pure petrol and E20 fuel at fuel stations and demanded that ethanol-blended petrol be priced lower than regular petrol.