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  "id": 10212374,
  "title": "In Punjab Ahead Of Polls, Fighting Drugs Becomes About Optics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/in-punjab-ahead-of-polls-fighting-drugs-becomes-about-optics",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T11:12:56.000Z",
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  "summary": "In Punjab, where drugs have occupied an unusually prominent place in public and electoral politics for years, allegations of drug use carry a political charge that goes well beyond an individual's private conduct.",
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        "title": "In Punjab Ahead Of Polls, Fighting Drugs Becomes About Optics",
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