New Delhi, April 12 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged the BJP has "struck a Rs.1,000-crore deal" to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state.

She made the claims while ostensibly referring to a now-viral video in which Aam Janata Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir was purportedly heard saying he was in touch with BJP leaders to unseat her from power, and receiving Rs.200 crore as an advance to a Rs.1,000-crore deal to split the minority votes.

However, PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

Addressing a rally in Bankura's Onda, Banerjee said that while some leaders were dismissing the video as AI-generated, "the person seen in the clip had himself acknowledged its aut...