PM Modi calls up Bengal governor on violence, Didi smells ‘President’s rule’

PM Modi spoke to Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressing anguish over the rise in political violence after Trinamool Congress won the election while BJP chief J P Nadda visited the state to meet families of party workers killed in retribution, allegedly by TMC supporters. Accusing BJP of “growing desperate for President’s rule” and instigating the postpoll “communal clashes,” Mamata Banerjee vowed to “tackle the situation” after taking oath on Wednesday.