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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) deed retired astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit the substance terms hike,alleging that robbing communal radical and giving Adani a "free pass" from America is his "compromised model".
Mr. Kharge besides accused the BJP of lacking foresight and leadership.
His remarks came aft petrol and diesel prices were hiked by astir 90 paise per litre connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026), marking the 2nd summation successful substance rates successful little than a week aft state-run lipid firms ended a astir four-year frost connected revisions.
"Just 4 days aft the terms hike, the Modi authorities has erstwhile again accrued the prices of petrol and diesel. Having acceptable the stage, preaching astir savings portion shifting the load of their failures onto the nationalist — this effort is successful afloat swing," helium alleged connected X.
"Robbing the communal radical and giving Adani a escaped walk from America - this is Modiji's Compromised Model," the Congress main alleged.
He was referring to the U.S. Department of Justice permanently dropping each transgression charges against industrialist Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar, bringing a high-profile securities and ligament fraud lawsuit successful New York to a implicit adjacent aft prosecutors concluded they could not prolong the allegations.
Referring to the contented of acquisition of Russian oil, Mr. Kharge said, "Modi ji, who fills the aerial with mendacious pridefulness astir being the 'vishwaguru', has begged and pleaded with America for a one-month hold connected 'permission' to bargain Russian oil. Every clip helium does this, helium hurts the pridefulness of 1.4 cardinal Indians. No erstwhile authorities has ever stooped to this level".
"Now the question is: if, according to the government, we've been "allowed" to bash this, past wherefore load the communal radical with the value of petrol-diesel terms hikes?" helium asked.
"I repetition erstwhile again - determination is simply a deficiency of foresight and enactment successful the BJP," Mr Kharge besides alleged.
A impermanent U.S. sanctions waiver allowing the merchantability and transportation of Russian seaborne crude expired connected May 16, marking the 2nd clip Washington has allowed the alleviation measurement to lapse without clarity connected an extension.
The wide licence, archetypal issued by the U.S. Treasury Department successful mid-March and extended successful April, was meant to easiness unit successful planetary vigor markets aft the U.S.-Israeli warfare against Iran triggered the largest-ever lipid proviso disruption.
A elder petroleum ministry authoritative said connected Monday that India has been purchasing Russian lipid irrespective of US sanctions waivers and volition proceed to bash truthful based connected commercialized viability and vigor information needs.
The Leader of Opposition successful Rajya Sabha said erstwhile the situation hit, the BJP leaders were engaged with elections and past they spun slippery words to devise a program for the "loot" and "in the meantime, got their dearest person disconnected the hook too!"
"You don't go a 'vishwaguru' conscionable by doing sponsored PR abroad... Modi ji, you person to guarantee accountability to the people.
"Don't tally from the existent questions... The nationalist has nary involvement successful however you devour your mangoes oregon which tonic you drink," the Congress president said.
"If you respond by saying what you're really doing astir the crisis, lone past volition you beryllium called the people's existent 'Pradhan Sevak'; otherwise, you'll stay thing much than a specified 'pracharak' (propagandist)," Mr. Kharge claimed.
