Rs 2.86 lakh crore fuel loot: Surjewala targets govt over oil firms’ profitsCongress leader Randeep Surjewala accused the government of an “organised loot” of Rs 2.86 lakh crore, citing combined profits of state-run oil marketing companies from 2020-21 to 2025-26. Making a comparison of oil prices during the Congress-UPA era and the BJP-NDA era, the Congress leader said under Congress – UPA the government actively shielded your household budget. “Even when international crude oil prices soared well over USD 100 per barrel, Petrol was kept affordable at around Rs 71 per litre. Petrol crosses Rs 102 per litre despite manageable international crude prices, ensuring maximum extortion for the government and record profits for oil companies,” he alleged. In the written reply, Gopi gave a detailed account of oil prices as compared to global crude oil prices.