{
  "id": 12160239,
  "title": "No Hardeep Puri, Smriti Irani: The New BJP Faces For UP Rajya Sabha Polls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/no-hardeep-puri-smriti-irani-the-new-bjp-faces-for-up-rajya-sabha-12160239",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T12:38:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-hardeep-puri-smriti-irani-as-bjp-bets-on-new-faces-for-up-rajya-sabha-polls-12141324"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dharam Pal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan and Shruti Gangwar are the eight BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "BJP's UP Rajya Sabha poll candidate list drops Hardeep Puri, all other sitting MPs in big shake-up | Full list",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/bjps-up-rajya-sabha-poll-candidate-list-drops-hardeep-puri-all-other",
        "published": "2026-10-05T09:55:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri not on list as BJP names 8 Rajya Sabha candidates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-not-on-list-as-bjp-names-8-rajya",
        "published": "2026-10-05T10:01:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "BJP Nominates 8 Leaders To Rajya Sabha From UP, Hardeep Puri Not On List",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/bjp-nominates-8-leaders-to-rajya-sabha-from-up-hardeep-puri-not-on",
        "published": "2026-10-05T10:32:39.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}