{
  "id": 8503426,
  "title": "‘System’ run by Modi prefers andhbhakts over students who ask questions, says Rahul Gandhi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/system-run-by-modi-prefers-andhbhakts-over-students-who-ask-questions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T17:21:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/system-run-by-modi-prefers-andhbhakts-over-students-who-ask-questions-says-rahul-gandhi/article71485654.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the Indian \"system\" during a student interaction program in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He claimed that the system prefers blind followers, or andhbhakts, over questioning students. The \"system\" is controlled by six powerful individuals, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi alleged that Amit Shah enforces threats against students using a nail-studded baton and pellet guns. The Congress leader accused industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani of financing the system and channeling money through government contracts. He accused National Security Adviser Ajit Doval of digital spying on individuals through phone and social media surveillance. Gandhi also claimed that over 1 lakh schools had been shut across the country, with 55% in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh alone, and that the government's education budget had decreased from 4.6% in 2014 to 2.6% in 2026. The event witnessed several controversies, including posters mocking Gandhi and the passing of a student who died in a Delhi building collapse.",
  "summary": "Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says students pose a danger to the ‘system’, the top layer of which he said consisted of six people, as they question why institutions like judiciary, bureaucracy and the Election Commission ‘are not doing their jobs properly’",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "'Jhooth Ki Goonj' Posters Target Rahul Gandhi Ahead Of 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' In Indore | VIDEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/jhooth-ki-goonj-posters-target-rahul-gandhi-ahead-of-chhatron-ki",
        "published": "2026-09-19T12:29:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}