{"id":5642,"date":"2026-06-13T04:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5642"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:46:44","slug":"despite-rift-rahul-gandhi-says-dmk-with-opposition-on-idea-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5642","title":{"rendered":"Despite rift, Rahul Gandhi says DMK with opposition on \u2018idea of India\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/despite-rift-rahul-says-dmk-with-oppn-on-idea-of-india\/articleshow\/131695683.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/131695683.cms\" \/><\/a>Alleging BJP steals elections, Rahul said he had warned \u201cfriends in TMC\u201d, who were confident that they were sweeping Bengal polls, that they were in \u201cdreamland\u201d \u2014 stating he had seen it in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Maharashtra. 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