{
  "id": 12307020,
  "title": "Puppet has to go but puppeteer pair must be held accountable too: Congress",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/puppet-has-to-go-but-puppeteer-pair-must-be-held-accountable-too",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:25:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/puppet-has-to-go-but-puppeteer-pair-must-be-held-accountable-too-congress/article71550040.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Congress has accused the West Bengal assembly polls of being a textbook case of mass manipulation and rigging, overseen by the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared a screenshot of a media report highlighting gaps in a digital portal set up for processing SIR appeals, which includes 27 lakh deleted electors. Ramesh alleged that the PM-HM strategy was to win the West Bengal Assembly elections at any cost, and that both the puppet and the two puppeteers need to be held accountable, referring to Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah. The Opposition is demanding the CEC's resignation, alleging that he betrayed the Constitution at the behest of the Prime Minister and Home Minister.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}