{
  "id": 10130981,
  "title": "Former Keralam chief secretary Jiji Thomson alleges Gyanesh Kumar suggested BJP ticket",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/former-keralam-chief-secretary-jiji-thomson-alleges-gyanesh-kumar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T15:15:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/former-keralam-chief-secretary-jiji-thomson-alleges-gyanesh-kumar-suggested-bjp-ticket/articleshow/134506924.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jiji Thomson, a former chief secretary, revealed that Gyanesh Kumar suggested he join the BJP. The proposal occurred during a flight to New Delhi in 2016. Kumar mentioned that Thomson could become a Union minister if elected. Thomson, however, declined the suggestion, expressing disinterest in politics. He has been approached by various political leaders in the past regarding electoral positions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}