{
  "id": 17386752,
  "title": "Union Minister Rijiju challenges Congress to answer ‘basic questions’ amid row over SIR, CEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/union-minister-rijiju-challenges-congress-to-answer-basic-questions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T10:36:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/union-minister-rijiju-challenges-congress-to-answer-basic-questions-amid-row-over-sir-cec/article71648910.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Referring to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Rijiju questioned how the Congress suffered a third consecutive defeat when Gyanesh Kumar, the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner, was not heading the poll panel",
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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."
}