{
  "id": 16878483,
  "title": "BJP Announces Minister Hardeep Singh Puri As Rajya Sabha Candidate From Madhya Pradesh After L Murugan Resigns To Focus On Tamil Nadu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bjp-announces-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-as-rajya-sabha-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T08:51:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bjp-announces-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-as-rajya-sabha-candidate-from-madhya-pradesh-after-l-murugan-resigns-to-focus-on-tamil-nadu"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): BJP has announced the name of Minister of Oil and Petroleum Hardeep Singh Puri as the Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh. The party's central election committee issued the notification on Wednesday. The seat became vacant after L Murugan resigned as the member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh a fortnight ago. He said that he wanted to return to grassroots…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "BJP fields Union Minister Hardeep Puri for Rajya Sabha bypoll in Madhya Pradesh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bjp-fields-union-minister-hardeep-puri-for-rajya-sabha-bypoll-in",
        "published": "2026-10-28T08:49:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "BJP Picks Hardeep Puri For Rajya Sabha Bypoll From Madhya Pradesh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bjp-picks-hardeep-puri-for-rajya-sabha-bypoll-from-madhya-pradesh",
        "published": "2026-10-28T08:56:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "BJP names Hardeep Singh Puri as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll in M.P.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bjp-names-hardeep-singh-puri-as-candidate-for-rajya-sabha-bypoll-in-m",
        "published": "2026-10-28T09:23:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}