{"id":59471,"date":"2019-03-27T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=59471"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T04:41:11","slug":"veteran-bollywood-actress-urmila-matodkar-joins-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/veteran-bollywood-actress-urmila-matodkar-joins-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Bollywood actress Urmila Matodkar joins Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Veteran Bollywood actress Urmila Matodkar today (Wednesday, March 27) joined Congress after meeting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/rahul-gandhi\">party president Rahul Gandhi<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&#8221;I am here because I believe in the ideology of Congress and what the party stands for. 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