{
  "id": 17940580,
  "title": "'Symbol Of Brotherhood': BJP Defends Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma's Hookah Party, Cites Jat Panchayati Culture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/symbol-of-brotherhood-bjp-defends-delhi-minister-parvesh-vermas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:31:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/symbol-of-brotherhood-bjp-defends-delhi-minister-parvesh-vermas-hookah-party-cites-jat-panchayati-culture"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday criticised Delhi Minister Parvesh Sahib Verma after pictures showing him smoking a hookah at a party surfaced, questioning whether the event was funded by taxpayers' money and whether it was held at a government residence. In a post on social media, Bharadwaj wrote, \"No comments. Diwali Party turned into Hookah party by sitting Minister.\"…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}