Opposition Protests LPG Shortage: The opposition staged a stove in Parliament! Government under fire over gas shortage

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 12, 2026

Protesters on the steps of Parliament
Consequences in India due to the Gulf War
Rahul Gandhi’s protest over gas shortage

Opposition Protests LPG Shortage: New Delhi: The second phase of the budget session has started. This year’s convention was postponed due to the Gulf War ((Iran-Israel War) India is famous for its fuel scarcity. The opposition has strongly criticized the ruling party over this. Also Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (Om Birla) has also been moved against him. The atmosphere in the parliament has heated up on this issue.

At the start of Parliament, the opposition protested on the steps over the fuel shortage. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also participated in this protest. In this movement led by Rahul Gandhi, slogans were raised against the Modi government.

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The LPG delay was blamed on government mismanagement as 85-90% of India’s LPG imports stopped due to Iran-Israel-US conflicts. Prime Minister Modi appealed for calm at a rally in Tamil Nadu, promising various supplies and deliveries in two days, while production has been increased by 10% through emergency refinery orders that prioritize households. But the opponents criticized that this was not enough and that it was a rabbit hole of India during the war.

People are worried about shortage of LPG all over the country, but Narendra Modi is missing again when he is in charge.
Today, Leader of the Opposition Shri @RahulGandhi With this, the Congress MPs voiced the pain of the people in the Parliament premises and demonstrated against the anti-people policies of the Modi government.
The LPG crisis… pic.twitter.com/L1drgzi5pu
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 12, 2026

Also, the opposition has criticized that the country’s foreign policy has failed and ordinary families have been affected. During the protest, Rahul Gandhi mocked Prime Minister Modi’s absence from Parliament, linking it to the Adani fraud allegations and references to the Epstein file. Gandhi alleged that the prime minister was scared because of the Epstein files case and the Adani case in the US. Several opposition MPs, including him and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have made the allegations during protests in Parliament.

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Rahul Gandhi further said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is telling the countrymen not to panic but he himself is panicked by many things. He is panicked by Epstein, panicked by the Adani case, he cannot come to the House.” “You saw yesterday that the Prime Minister’s chair was empty. So, he is telling the nation not to be afraid but he himself is afraid,” Rahul Gandhi taunted PM Modi.