# Kejriwal urges Delhi residents to delay buying petrol and diesel vehicles 2026-08-06T07:22:29+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal is asking Delhi residents to put off buying any new petrol or diesel vehicle for a few years, per a report carried by The Economic Times. In a post on X, he claimed the Centre is planning to lift ethanol blending above the present E20 mark and bring diesel and aviation turbine fuel into the mix as well, cautioning that stronger blends risk damaging engines and that ethanol mixed into jet fuel could threaten flight safety. He has separately urged prime minister Narendra Modi to keep pure petrol alongside E20 fuel at pumps, with the ethanol blend priced cheaper than the unblended option. Nothing in the report comes from the central government, and no independent technical study is cited to back up what Kejriwal says about engine damage or air safety. ## Indian Opinion Analysis These are Kejriwal's own claims, made in a post on X, rather than confirmed government policy, and no response from the Centre appears in this account. The claim about ethanol in aviation turbine fuel and flight safety rests on his statement alone, as does the claim about engine damage from stronger blends. Kejriwal's separate request to Narendra Modi, that pumps keep pure petrol alongside E20 with the blended fuel priced lower, is the specific ask on the table, and a reply from the Centre on the blending plan would settle whether any of it reflects policy. ## Coverage - economictimes.indiatimes.com Tags: Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/avoid-buying-new-vehicles-for-a-few-years-kejriwal/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/avoid-buying-new-vehicles-for-a-few-years-kejriwal/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.