Centre and State government have failed to manage LPG shortage: NCP-SP leader Jayant Patil

Amid the ongoing West Asia struggle and its interaction connected LPG gas, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)- SP connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) alleged that the BJP-led Mahayuti authorities has refused to stock accusation connected the presumption of the shortage of LPG cylinders.

“The BJP authorities astatine some the Centre and State levels has failed to negociate the state situation and has alternatively blamed the absorption for the situation,” said NCP (SP) elder person Jayant Patil. 

Retaining that shortage of LPG state cylinders is simply a related issue, Mr Patil said that the volition is to sermon the LPG situation truthful that the authorities tin explicate the concern and instrumentality the citizens and absorption into confidence. However, it has failed to bash so, which means the authorities has nary courageousness to instrumentality work for it. 

“The Chief Minister should person intervened by now, arsenic wide agelong queues are a motion of authorities failure,” said erstwhile Minister Mr Patil. 

LPG shortage has created a panic concern successful Maharashtra with radical queuing extracurricular the organisation centres. The radical besides complained astir the method glitches successful booking gases. The absorption has perpetually raised the contented successful the ongoing league successful the assembly, but has recovered an unsatisfactory reply from the enactment successful power. Earlier, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had accused the opposition, including Rahul Gandhi, of creating panic astir the shortage of gas, claiming that successful world the authorities has capable LPG supply. 

Mr Patil noted the accomplishment of shipments of LPG carriers Shivalik and Nanda Devi astatine Mundra and Vadinar ports successful Gujarat, but alleged that the proviso is not capable to conscionable the demand. 

Earlier, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal claimed that authorities person seized 1,208 LPG cylinders during a Statewide crackdown connected stockpiling the state cylinder, with 23 cases registered, and 18 radical arrested successful the cases.