AAP targets Centre over spike in sugar prices

AAP targets Centre over spike in sugar rates AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal stated that the country applied to export sugar, but now it is planning to import it.

Key points

• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (August 20, 2026) attacked the Central Administration for the sharp rise in sugar costs nationwide.
• Arvind Kejriwal addresses as he participates in a Sunderkand Path at Japanese Park, in New Delhi.
• Kejriwal remarked, It seems as if the Modi administration is created up of completely uneducated residents.
• Arvind Kejriwal asserted that the BJP had stated this would save petrol and foreign exchange.
• According to The AAP leader, the country employed to export sugar, but now it is planning to import it.

Arvind Kejriwal addresses as he participates in a Sunderkand Path at Japanese Park, in New Delhi. File Photo Credit: ANI.

In practice, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (August 20, 2026) attacked the Central Administration for the sharp rise in sugar costs nationwide. AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal asserted that diverting sugarcane towards ethanol production reduced sugar output, pushing sugar costs up by 20 per kg in just 17 days.

In a video message, Mr. Kejriwal remarked, "It seems as if the Modi administration is created up of completely uneducated residents. They do not even know what decisions they are taking and what their consequences will be. They diverted sugarcane cultivation towards ethanol production and began blending ethanol with petrol."

Arvind Kejriwal asserted that the BJP had stated this would save petrol and foreign exchange. It we spend on importing oil from other countries.

"By diverting sugarcane towards ethanol production, the country has faced a severe shortage of sugarcane and sugar. Due to the shortage of sugar, its cost has climbed by ₹20 per kilogram in the last 17 days. Sugar that was ₹46 per kilogram 17 days ago is now ₹65 per kilogram, " Mr. Kejriwal remarked.

"Ethanol was produced to save foreign exchange spent on oil, and now we will spend that same foreign exchange importing sugar. While on the other, residents are now having to purchase expensive sugar, " he remarked, on one hand, people's vehicles are being damaged and their mileage is falling since of ethanol-blended petrol.

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