{
  "id": 10065606,
  "title": "Ex-Kerala Chief Secretary Claims Gyanesh Kumar Offered Him BJP Ticket In 2016",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/ex-kerala-chief-secretary-claims-gyanesh-kumar-offered-him-bjp-ticket-10065606",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T19:13:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
    "slug": "ndtv-india-news",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gyanesh-kumar-election-commission-jiji-thomson-ex-kerala-chief-secretary-claims-gyanesh-kumar-offered-him-bjp-ticket-in-2016-12103221"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jiji Thomson made the claim on local media as the Election Commission and Gyanesh Kumar face massive controversy over the handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and allegations of differences within the three-member poll panel.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "'Gyanu must go,' says Dipke after Kerala bureaucrat claims Gyanesh Kumar offered him BJP candidature",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/gyanu-must-go-says-dipke-after-kerala-bureaucrat-claims-gyanesh-kumar",
        "published": "2026-09-26T16:19:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Ex-Kerala Chief Secretary Claims Gyanesh Kumar Offered Him BJP Ticket In 2016",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/ex-kerala-chief-secretary-claims-gyanesh-kumar-offered-him-bjp-ticket",
        "published": "2026-09-26T19:13:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}