{
  "id": 1897473,
  "title": "Opinion: Opinion | Why The Congress-SP 'Merger' Fantasy Could Be Opposition's Biggest Self-Goal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/opinion-opinion-why-the-congress-sp-merger-fantasy-could-be",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T07:53:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
    "slug": "ndtv-india-news",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/rahul-akhilesh-and-why-two-plus-two-isnt-always-four-in-politics-11929835"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav do not need to become one another. They need to become better at being themselves, together.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}