Overview
- At a Hyderabad address on March 20, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of siding with Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in the US–Israel attack on Iran and urged him to state that the war is wrong.
- Owaisi linked India’s posture to the safety of roughly one crore Indians working in Gulf states and to vulnerabilities in oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
- He asserted that India’s strategic petroleum reserve covers about 9.5 days and questioned official assurances during reports of LPG tightness, while also noting heavy reliance on imported gas.
- The government said alternative LPG and oil supplies are being arranged, and earlier this week Modi discussed de‑escalation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
- A petroleum ministry official reported adequate stocks, no dry outlets, and a decline in panic bookings, even as the LPG situation was described as worrisome; Owaisi also castigated Pakistan over alleged strikes in Afghanistan and criticized domestic policing he called discriminatory.