{
  "id": 11961643,
  "title": "Clip of Naidu calming crowd at Sitharaman’s speech in Andhra’s Madanapalle sets off Congress-NDA row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/clip-of-naidu-calming-crowd-at-sitharamans-speech-in-andhras",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T16:18:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/clip-of-naidu-calming-crowd-at-sitharamans-speech-in-andhras-madanapalle-sets-off-congress-nda-row/article71544334.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 30-second clip of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech at a launch event in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, went viral on October 4th, 2026, on X (formerly Twitter). The clip showed the crowd shouting for jobs. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed the crowd was expressing public anger. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Sitharaman, and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and BJP leaders responded, stating it was the enthusiastic response of party workers. The audience was asked to sit down by Sitharaman and Naidu, who spoke for about 70 seconds before the clip ended. The clip drew over six lakh views by evening. Sitharaman accused Ramesh of portraying public anger as \"fake news\" and demanded an apology. Nara Lokesh, the IT Minister, also accused Congress of circulating \"fake news\" without verifying the facts.",
  "summary": "Jairam Ramesh reposts a video of the October 2 event saying the public’s anger forced the Chief Minister to silence the crowd; Naidu, Sitharaman, Lokesh and the BJP say it was party workers’ enthusiasm",
  "key_points": [
    "30-second clip of Naidu's speech at Sitharaman's event in Madanapalle goes viral",
    "Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claims crowd expressing public anger",
    "Naidu and Sitharaman ask audience to sit down, clip draws over 600,000 views"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Nine lakh houses for Andhra: Naidu, Chouhan lay foundation for first three lakh under PMAY-G",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/nine-lakh-houses-for-andhra-naidu-chouhan-lay-foundation-for-first",
        "published": "2026-10-04T12:08:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}