{"id":116628,"date":"2026-04-23T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=116628"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:43:53","slug":"bjp-scored-a-double-f-as-oil-production-slumped-for-the-11th-consecutive-year-and-scarcity-of-fertiliser-surges-mallikarjun-kharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=116628","title":{"rendered":"BJP scored a &#8220;DOUBLE F&#8221; As Oil Production Slumped For The 11th Consecutive Year And Scarcity Of Fertiliser Surges: Mallikarjun Kharge."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi; April 2026<\/strong>: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today (23rd April 2026) has claimed that the Indian government has &#8220;failed&#8221; to ensure fuel and fertiliser security for the nation and tried to deflect it through &#8220;delimitation theatrics&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing media reports, Kharge said that India&#8217;s fuel production has gone down and its import diversification has failed, while 14 Indian-flagged vessels remain stranded at the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;PM Modi Govt tried to deflect its failures, and serious Epstein file allegations, through delimitation theatrics, but India saw through the charade. The BJP has scored a DOUBLE &#8216;F&#8217; in ensuring Fuel &amp; Fertiliser security for the nation&#8221;, Kharge said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Production down, Import diversification fails, our ships in the Strait of Hormuz are unable to secure safe passage. 14 Indian flagged vessels remain stranded there for 54 days. India&#8217;s crude oil production has been falling for the 11th consecutive year in 2025-26, all thanks to the Modi Govt. Overall crude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>production has collapsed by nearly 22% since 2014-15&#8243;, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-324.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116629\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6943120754334381;width:377px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-324.png 486w, https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-324-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-325.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116630\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-325.png 544w, https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-325-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Kharge sparked a controversy on the last day of Tamil Nadu election campaigning, when the Congress President criticised the AIADMK for supporting the BJP and labelled PM Modi a &#8220;terrorist who does not believe in equality&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When questioned on the choice of words, Kharge quickly defended himself, claiming that he meant to say that the PM was terrorising his political opponents. &#8220;He (PM Modi) is terrorising people and political parties. I never said he is a terrorist&#8230;What I mean, I want to clarify, is that Modi always threatens. The institutions like ED, I-T and CBI are in his hands. He wants to take delimitation also into his hands&#8221;, Kharge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Election Commission of India (ECI) yesterday have issued a stern 24-hour ultimatum to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, demanding an explanation for his controversial remark directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the high-decibel Tamil Nadu Assembly election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Team Maverick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi; April 2026: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today (23rd April 2026) has claimed that the Indian government has &#8220;failed&#8221; to ensure fuel and fertiliser security for the nation and tried to deflect it through &#8220;delimitation theatrics&#8221;. Sharing media reports, Kharge said that India&#8217;s fuel production has gone down and its import diversification has failed, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":116631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[80],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-116628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-news","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116633,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116628\/revisions\/116633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116628"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=116628"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=116628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}