On May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s motorcade drove through Gujarat’s Jamnagar, a town known for housing the world’s largest oil refinery. Videos showed hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party supporters lining the route, waving party flags and cheering.
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This political roadshow came just hours after Modi had called on Indians to adopt austerity measures to help weather the economic choppiness set off by the war in West Asia.
At a rally in Hyderabad earlier that day, shortly after the conclusion of elections in several states, Modi had urged citizens to revive work-from-home practices adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic to reduce fuel consumption. He also called on his fellow citizens to use public transport and to carpool.
The prime minister also urged Indians to avoid non-essential foreign travel for a year.
India imports about 90% of its crude oil requirements. Most of this is shipped in through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively blocked since the war between United States-Israel and Iran began on February 28. The constrained supply has driven up global oil prices by more than 50% since the conflict began.
Conserving foreign exchange reserves, Modi said, was “an act of patriotism”.
Hours before making the appeal, Modi had held another roadshow in Hyderabad.
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