Father Sets India’s Fuel Policy. Sons Print Billions in Ethanol Profits. The Conflict of Interest They Hope You’ll Ignore
Nitin Gadkari dropped a bomb: “There is no future for petrol and diesel vehicles in India.”
Sounds like tough love from the Road Transport Minister, right? Until you connect the dots that the mainstream media conveniently buried.
His son Nikhil owns Cian Agro industries, a major ethanol producer. Their revenue? ₹18 crore in june 2024 to ₹523 crore in june 2025 — in a single year. Stock price? Up over 2,100%. His other son, Sarang, sits as director at Manas Agro industries — another ethanol player. Same business. Same golden run.
Here’s the savage part: Gadkari has been the loudest champion of ethanol blending since 2014 — the exact year he became Road Transport Minister. Not Petroleum Minister. Road Transport. Yet he’s spent eleven straight years pushing this policy harder than anyone in the cabinet. In 2018, he publicly promised ethanol blending would crash petrol prices to ₹55 a litre. Today? You’re paying ₹102.
Congress raised serious conflict-of-interest flags in september 2025 and demanded a Lokpal probe. Gadkari dismissed it as a “false and paid campaign.”
Look, the man isn’t just making policy — he’s writing the rules while his family cashes in on the replacement fuel he’s forcing on the country. The media calls it “clean energy vision.” The algorithm makes sure you never see the sons’ names. But the numbers don’t lie.
Father writes the national fuel policy. Sons print the profits.
And you? You pay more at the pump while their empire booms.