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    PM Modi says he will return to Bengal for BJP CM swearing-in, attacks TMC rule
    Elections 2026

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    Union Home Minister Amit Shah at an election rally in West Bengal.

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    How ‘Khela Hobe’ went from an election slogan to one of India's most defining political battle cries

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    West Bengal assembly polls 2026

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