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Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the candidates in all but three of the 294 seats in Bengal, calling the impending battle for Bengal a “smiley poll” in which her party would “khelenge, larenge, jeetenge (play, fight and win)”. Mamata said this election was about preserving the culture of Bengal and ensuring that those who know the state and its history and who live here would be in the seat of power. A snapshot that emerged from the Trinamul Congress list with 291 names: ⚫ Mamata will contest ...

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