{
  "id": 4395514,
  "title": "‘Secret Meeting With Rahul Gandhi’: BJP Spokesperson Links Divya Mittal’s Resignation To UP Polls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/secret-meeting-with-rahul-gandhi-bjp-spokesperson-links-divya-mittals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T09:02:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/secret-meeting-with-rahul-gandhi-bjp-spokesperson-links-divya-mittals-resignation-to-up-polls"
  },
  "original_language": "hi",
  "account": "The BJP released a statement claiming that IAS officer Divya Mittal resigned after meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a \"secret\" meeting, ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The spokesperson, Prashant Umrao, suggested that Mittal's resignation was motivated by the desire to promote Rahul Gandhi's political agenda in the state. Umrao alleged that Mittal had differences with local leaders in every district she served and that she was unhappy with her position as Special Secretary in the Revenue Department. He also accused her of misrepresenting government projects as her own accomplishments. Mittal, a 2013-batch IAS officer, served as District Magistrate in Mirzapur, Basti, and Deoria before resigning from her position.",
  "summary": "A fresh political controversy has erupted over the resignation of Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Divya Mittal after BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao claimed that she had met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a “clandestine” meeting before quitting the civil services. एक IAS का खूब PR हो रहा है कि इस्तीफा दे दिया पर ये नहीं बताया जा कि रात के अंधेरे में राहुल गांधी से मिलने के बाद इस्तीफ़ा दिया है ताकि…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}