Mamata Banerjee Won't Attend PM Modi's Oath Ceremony





West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that she has decided not to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narenda Modi as prime minister citing ''untrue" claims by the BJP that 54 of its party workers were murdered in political violence in Bengal.





"The ceremony is an august occasion to celebrate democracy, not one that should be devalued by any political party that uses it as an opportunity to score political points," Mamata Banerjee wrote in her RSVP.