{
  "id": 14228421,
  "title": "Amit Shah Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi After BJP's Gujarat Poll Win, Says Congress Has Lost For 41 Years | Video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/amit-shah-hits-out-at-rahul-gandhi-after-bjps-gujarat-poll-win-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T14:20:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/amit-shah-hits-out-at-rahul-gandhi-after-bjps-gujarat-poll-win-says-congress-has-lost-for-41-years-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 13, Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in response to the BJP's strong performance in the Gujarat local body elections. Shah alleged that the opposition party had consistently failed to win elections in the state since 1985, predicting another defeat for the Congress in the upcoming 2029 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP secured a majority in 90 out of 104 seats across three local bodies, winning 38 of the 44 seats in the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, Shah's own parliamentary constituency. Rahul Gandhi's opposition party, the Aam Aadmi Party, forfeited its security deposit in all 32 contested constituencies. Shah emphasized that the BJP's vote share in Gandhinagar had increased by 10 percentage points compared to the previous election. He directly addressed Rahul Gandhi, stating that the Congress party has not won a single election in 41 years. The Home Minister attributed the BJP's success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and predicted another electoral loss for the Congress in the 2029 general elections, marking the party's fourth consecutive defeat.",
  "summary": "Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, October 13, hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the BJP's performance in the Gujarat local body elections, accusing the opposition party of repeatedly losing elections in the state and predicting another defeat for Congress in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing reporters, Shah said the BJP had secured a resounding victory in Gujarat,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "'SIR Recent, Congress Has Been Losing Polls Under Rahul Gandhi': Amit Shah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/sir-recent-congress-has-been-losing-polls-under-rahul-gandhi-amit-shah",
        "published": "2026-10-13T14:07:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}