{
  "id": 7307616,
  "title": "17 Rebel TMC MPs May Join BJP Before Or After Durga Puja, Claims Jagadish Basunia; Dissidents Deny Move",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/17-rebel-tmc-mps-may-join-bjp-before-or-after-durga-puja-claims",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:14:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/17-rebel-tmc-mps-may-join-bjp-before-or-after-durga-puja-claims-jagadish-basunia-dissidents-deny-move"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kolkata, Sep 14: Rebel TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia on Monday claimed that 17 of the 20 Lok Sabha members aligned with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India will join the BJP before or after Durga Puja, a claim promptly disputed by fellow dissidents. The BJP sought to distance itself from the claim, with its West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya saying the…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "17 of 20 NCPI MPs to join BJP, says one of them months after leaving TMC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/17-of-20-ncpi-mps-to-join-bjp-says-one-of-them-months-after-leaving",
        "published": "2026-09-14T10:28:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Rebel Trinamool MP Basunia claims 17 of 20 NCPI MPs to join BJP; fellow rebels, ruling party deny",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/rebel-trinamool-mp-basunia-claims-17-of-20-ncpi-mps-to-join-bjp",
        "published": "2026-09-14T11:48:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Are TMC rebel MPs set to join BJP after Durga Puja? Remark sparks Bengal buzz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/are-tmc-rebel-mps-set-to-join-bjp-after-durga-puja-remark-sparks",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:52:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}