​West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said what happened in the Maharashtra and Delhi elections will not have any reflection in the state and that the BJP will be finished by 2027-2029. ​Mamata made a big charge that the BJP sent an agency named Association for Billion Minds to Bengal and they are replacing Bengal voters' names with those from other states like Haryana and Gujarat.
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