India, March 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday expressed confidence over his victory in the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls saying that he will defeat her by at least 25,000 votes at her Bhawanipore assembly constituency in south Kolkata.

"I talked to local voters and read their minds. Mamata Banerjee poses no challenge. I will defeat her by at least 25,000 votes. I will defeat her for the second time," Adhikari said.

In 2021, Banerjee had won a by-election from Bhawanipore after losing to Adhikari at his Nandigram seat in East Midnapore district by 1,956 votes.

The Bhawanipore constituency - a part of the Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat controlled by Trinamool Congress (TMC) - comprises eight civic war...