Please Excuse Me: Mamata Banerjee opts out of PM Modi’s oath ceremony on May 30

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee taking U-turn opted from a swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister for the second consecutive year at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Banerjee on Wednesday took to Twitter and said that she would not be attending the ceremony and accused BJP of spreading lies about political murders in West Bengal.

In her message, TMC chief attacked the BJP for spreading false stories about 54 of the party workers were murdered in political violence in Bengal. She also accused BJP of using the august ceremony to score political points.

“Congratulations, new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ji. It was my plan to accept the 'Constitutional invitation' and attend the oath-taking ceremony. However, in the last hour, I am seeing media reports that the BJP is claiming 54 people have been murdered in political violence in Bengal. This is untrue. There have been no political murders in Bengal. These deaths may have occurred due to personal enmity, family quarrels and other disputes; nothing related to politics.  There is no such record with us.