{
  "id": 13181696,
  "title": "BJP says Rahul’s account of INDIA bloc meeting with President ‘politically motivated’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/bjp-says-rahuls-account-of-india-bloc-meeting-with-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:45:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-says-rahuls-account-of-india-bloc-meeting-with-president-politically-motivated/article71565642.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, of presenting a politically motivated account of the meeting between the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc leaders and President Droupadi Murmu. Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged that Mr. Gandhi misrepresented the meeting, making it a \"politically motivated\" rather than factual statement. Mr. Gandhi had expressed shock and surprise that the President neither denied nor questioned the Opposition's allegations of vote theft, saying she accepted their statement and asked for proof. Trivedi questioned whether the Congress had checked the voter list or if election agents had found discrepancies in the process. He also raised concerns about the Congress's 45-day window to appeal the bypoll results and their demands for the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation, calling Mr. Gandhi \"dangerous\" for democracy in India. The INDIA bloc has been protesting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and demanding Murmu's resignation over allegations of vote theft.",
  "summary": "While Congress leader says he was ‘shocked’ that the President did not ‘deny’ the Opposition’s ‘vote theft’ allegation, BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi says Rahul Gandhi twisted what had occurred",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "'President Sought Vote Theft Proof. We Have It': Rahul Gandhi After Meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/president-sought-vote-theft-proof-we-have-it-rahul-gandhi-after",
        "published": "2026-10-09T15:37:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Rahul Gandhi Claims President Murmu Did Not Deny 'Vote Chori' Allegations, INDIA Bloc Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/rahul-gandhi-claims-president-murmu-did-not-deny-vote-chori",
        "published": "2026-10-09T17:38:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}