{
  "id": 8458456,
  "title": "Rohit Pawar Announces Sep 29 MPSC Protest In Pune, Demands Special Assembly Session On Drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/rohit-pawar-announces-sep-29-mpsc-protest-in-pune-demands-special",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T11:41:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/rohit-pawar-announces-sep-29-mpsc-protest-in-pune-demands-special-assembly-session-on-drought"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar announced a protest in Pune on September 29 over issues concerning the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) and Common Entrance Test (CET) results. The protest will continue until the students' demands are met. Pawar also called for a special session of the Maharashtra legislature to address the drought situation within 10 days, following a tour of Marathwada to assess the impact of drought on local communities. He demanded immediate action from the state government, urging them to act on the data available indicating that drought conditions could warrant declaration in 280 talukas. Pawar criticized the government for delays in declaring drought and making promises to affected farmers while ignoring ordinary citizens. He also targeted Minister Girish Mahajan for criticism of his actions on MPSC-related issues and questioned the media trial in the Disha Salian case, advocating for justice without sensationalism.",
  "summary": "Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday announced that he would participate in a major student protest in Pune on Sep 29 over MPSC and CET-related demands, saying he would remain at the protest until the students’ demands are addressed. He also demanded that the Maharashtra government convene a special session of the legislature on the drought situation within…",
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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."
}