A employee receives a money cost as he fills gasoline right into a automobile at a petroleum pump following the hike in petrol and diesel costs, in Nagpur. File.
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The Opposition Congress and NCP (SP) on Wednesday (Could 20, 2026) attacked the Maharashtra authorities over experiences of gasoline shortages in components of the State and requested if “even the oil within the engines of the double-engine authorities has run out”.
Congress Legislature Occasion chief Vijay Wadettiwar and NCP (SP) MLA Jayant Patil cited incidents the place a police automobile despatched to seek for a lacking woman in Nagpur apparently didn’t have diesel, and assault on a petroleum pump employee in Jalgaon over alleged gasoline scarcity.
Folks within the State have been dealing with an absence of safety and gasoline scarcity, whereas taxpayer-funded promoting hoardings continued to shine forward of elections, Mr. Wadettiwar claimed.
Amid the continued West Asia disaster, the central authorities has maintained that there isn’t any scarcity of petrol, diesel or LPG.
Former State minister Patil, in a submit on X, mentioned, “In Jalgaon, some unidentified individuals stabbed a petroleum pump employee within the abdomen after being instructed there was no petrol. In Buldhana district, individuals stood in queues for 12 hours hoping to get petrol.” At Washim Naka, there have been fights over petrol and diesel. In Nagpur, police shouldn’t have diesel (for his or her automobiles) to seek for a lacking woman, the previous State NCP (SP) chief claimed.
“What precisely is happening? Has even the oil within the engines of the double-engine authorities run out?” Mr. Patil requested.
The ruling alliance generally makes use of the time period ‘double-engine authorities’ to explain its get together being in energy concurrently on the Centre and in a State.
Referring to the incidents talked about by Mr. Patil, Mr. Wadettiwar claimed Maharashtra was dealing with an entire administrative breakdown amid the continued gasoline scarcity, and that the BJP-led “triple-engine authorities” (referring to its rule on the Centre, within the state and native our bodies) had come to a standstill.
A petroleum pump worker was attacked over gasoline in Jalgaon, a person was left stranded within the scorching solar for 12 hours in Buldhana, and in Akola, a typical citizen risked his life to acquire gasoline, he mentioned in a submit on X.
“The worst half is that in Nagpur, even a police automobile despatched to seek for a lacking woman didn’t have diesel,” he mentioned.
Mr. Wadettiwar mentioned the state of affairs uncovered what he described because the hollowness of the BJP’s claims of constructing a “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India).
“For years, they’ve boasted a couple of double-engine authorities, however immediately not even one engine is functioning,” he quipped.
“Bizarre individuals are struggling for each drop of petrol and for his or her proper to stay, whereas the rulers in Delhi are busy singing false praises of ‘Amrit Kaal’,” he charged.
Immediately, Maharashtra has no authorities; what stays is simply a market of ads,” Mr. Wadettiwar mentioned, accusing these in energy of ignoring public anger and misery.
Printed – Could 20, 2026 01:33 pm IST
