{
  "id": 4169241,
  "title": "Minister B. Nagendra resigns, challenges BJP to face him in ‘people’s court’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/minister-b-nagendra-resigns-challenges-bjp-to-face-him-in-peoples",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T10:42:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/minister-b-nagendra-resigns-challenges-bjp-to-face-him-in-peoples-court/article71400936.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "B. Nagendra, a former minister in the D.K. Shivakumar-led Congress government, has resigned and challenged the BJP to face him in a Janata Nyayalaya (people's court) in the Ballari Rural Reserved (ST) constituency. Nagendra maintains that he had no role in the alleged scam involving the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd., and he appealed to Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, to allow him to contest the constituency again. The BJP and JD(S) have decided to undertake a 10-day padayatra from Raichur to Ballari from September 1, demanding Nagendra's resignation over his alleged role in the multi-crore scam.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/ghanas-democracy-remains-strong-despite-its-challenges-interior",
        "published": "2026-08-29T11:36:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}