Petrol price crosses Rs 100-mark: PM Modi blames previous govts for not cutting import dependence Addressing an online event to inaugurate oil and gas projects in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "I do not want to criticise anyone but I want to say [that] had we focused on this subject much earlier, our middle-class would not be burdened." advertisement UPDATED: February 18, 2021 08:44 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an online event to inaugurate oil and gas projects in poll-bound Tamil Nadu. (Photo: PTI) On a day when petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday blamed the previous governments for not focussing on reducing India's energy import dependence.