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BJP will win West Bengal Assembly polls: Mangal Pandey

Patna, March 15 (UNI) Bihar Health Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in-charge for West Bengal Mangal Pandey on Sunday expressed confidence that the party would register a landslide victory in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
Welcoming the announcement of election dates by the Chief Election Commissioner for assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, Pandey said the Election Commission had decided to conduct polling in West Bengal in two phases considering the complex situation in the state.
He said West Bengal has a total of 294 Assembly constituencies. Polling for 152 seats will be held in the first phase on April 23, while voting for the remaining 142 seats will take place in the second phase on April 29.
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