India-Bhutan Dispute Over E20 Petrol Supply Reaches International Level

The government says everything is fine. The newspaper says we have papers. Bhutan says we asked for normal petrol. And in the midst of this tussle, the debate on E20 petrol has now reached the neighboring country Bhutan, not only within India. The question is not only who gave the offer and who rejected it. The question is also that the E20 petrol, which is already being debated in the country, is now being questioned internationally. In fact, a new dispute has started between the Indian government and Bhutan's leading newspaper, The Bhutanese. The matter is about whether India's oil marketing companies (OMCs) ever offered to supply E20 petrol to Bhutan. The Indian government is calling it completely false, while the Bhutanese newspaper claims that it has a written response from the government department, which tells a different story. India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Sunday said that the E20 has been rejected by the Indian Oil Ministry.