{
  "id": 2605064,
  "title": "CM Devendra Fadnavis Accuses Congress Of Staging Pune Event Ruckus For Political Publicity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/cm-devendra-fadnavis-accuses-congress-of-staging-pune-event-ruckus",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T15:14:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cm-devendra-fadnavis-accuses-congress-of-staging-pune-event-ruckus-for-political-publicity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Congress party of staging a chaotic event in Pune for political gain, alleging that students and influencers were used to generate publicity. During the launch of a drug awareness campaign in Navi Mumbai, Fadnavis stated that Rahul Gandhi's events are focused on creating controversies and garnering media attention. He claimed that Congress leaders' associates had brought students and influencers to the Pune event, with instructions to create positive publicity for the party. Fadnavis vowed to investigate the Pune incident and take action against those responsible.",
  "summary": "Navi Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday alleged that the ruckus at a Congress programme in Pune was pre-planned and accused the party of using students and influencers to generate political publicity. He also described Rahul Gandhi’s programmes as “event management”, alleging that controversies were deliberately created even before events began to attract media attention.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}