About this episode

The episode discusses the anger of BJP's core voters regarding the surge in sugar prices and the implications of Ethanol Blended Fuel.

BJP’s core vote bank is furious and looking for answers over Ethanol Blended Fuel. While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, we have a sugar shortage and surging prices with the festive season upon us. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta:

More episodes of ThePrint

• CutTheClutter: Intricacies, risks, arithmetic of RBI’s NRI deposit scheme, & India’s chronic foreign exchange crisis · September 8, 2026 · 32 min
• ThePrintAM: What are Vijay's fresh allegations against DMK? · September 8, 2026 · 6 min
• CutTheClutter: Pakistan’s Defence Day myth: Why it’s revisionist version is wrong & facts, chronology of 1965 war · September 7, 2026 · 26 min
• ThePrintAM:Why has Air India sacked the pilot of Phuket-Delhi flight? · September 5, 2026 · 3 min
• CutTheClutter: Bedrock collapse,ignored warnings & climate change link offer fresh insights into Nepal floods cause · September 4, 2026 · 26 min
• ThePrintAM: Haldwani ‘shuddhikaran’ row - Kharge seeks FIR, questions Nadda over delayed action · September 4, 2026 · 4 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the ThePrint podcast page.