{
  "id": 205163,
  "title": "Lone vacant seat keeps state Congress on edge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/lone-vacant-seat-keeps-state-congress-on-edge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T03:30:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lone-vacant-seat-keeps-state-congress-on-edge-101785958195903.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BENGALURU: More than 48 hours after Karnataka’s Cabinet expansion, the lone vacant ministerial berth has become Congress leadership’s key political decision, with competing demands over caste representation, factional equations and former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s influence converging on a single unresolved appointment, leaders in the know said on Wednesday",
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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."
}