Karnataka’s claim that Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) sold petrol with far higher rates of ethanol blending than officially allowed, altering the quality of the automotive fuel and potentially damaging millions of vehicles, is a serious charge that warrants a transparent and credible response from the Union government. Unlike bald allegations that are the normal fare of vituperative exchanges between political opponents, the gauntlet has been thrown by Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and reiterated by the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, asserting that a specific testing protocol is being followed. The test samples have been drawn from 67 locations and sent to laboratories accredited by national and international agencies. Data........

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