{
  "id": 14484180,
  "title": "Rahul Gandhi Meets Ankita Bhandari's Parents At India Gate Over Dushyant Gautam's Appointment As Sikkim Governor - VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/rahul-gandhi-meets-ankita-bhandaris-parents-at-india-gate-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:27:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rahul-gandhi-meets-ankita-bhandaris-parents-at-india-gate-over-dushyant-gautams-appointment-as-sikkim-governor-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with other Congress officials, met the parents of Ankita Bhandari at India Gate in Delhi on Wednesday. Ankita was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022, and her parents are protesting against BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam's appointment as Sikkim's Governor. The family has appealed to President Droupadi Murmu to halt Gautam's appointment until the Central Bureau of Investigation completes its inquiry into the case. Virendra Singh Bhandari, Ankita's father, urged the President not to appoint Gautam Governor until the investigation is finished. Soni Devi, Ankita's mother, expressed her deep hurt upon learning of Gautam's appointment and requested that the President, as a woman, empathize with the family's pain. She also urged the President to put the appointment on hold until the CBI investigation into Gautam's alleged misconduct is complete.",
  "summary": "Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi , his sister Priyanaka Gandhi Vadra and other Congress leaders reached India Gate in Delhi on Wednesday to meet the parents of Ankita Bhandari, who was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022. The meeting comes amid protests by the family against the appointment of BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam as the Governor of Sikkim. Ankita's…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Rahul, Priyanka join Ankita Bhandari's family's protest against Sikkim governor appointment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/rahul-priyanka-join-ankita-bhandaris-familys-protest-against-sikkim",
        "published": "2026-10-14T16:14:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi Protest At India Gate With Parents Of Uttarakhand Murder Victim Ankita Bhandari",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/rahul-priyanka-gandhi-protest-at-india-gate-with-parents-of",
        "published": "2026-10-14T16:44:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}