West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP has struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state.She made the apparent reference to a viral video of Aam Janata Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir, who was purportedly heard saying that he was in close touch with BJP leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, to unseat Banerjee from power and receivingRs 200 crore as an advance payment of a Rs 1,000-crore deal to split minority votes to defeat the TMC. PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.“They (BJP) have struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat the TMC from power in West Bengal,” Banerjee said at a poll rally at Onda in Bankura district.Banerjee also accused the BJP of bribing voters before elections, and called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the “country’s biggest scam” in recent times.Netaji’s relative joins TMCChandra Bose, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose and a former BJP leader, joined the TMC on Sunday, days ahead of the Assembly poll.Bose joined the TMC in the presence of state minister Bratya Basu and TMC MP Kirti Azad. Accusing the BJP of indulging in “divisive politics”, Bose said, “It is not possible to follow Netaji’s ideals while being in the BJP.”


