Agencies

Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as West Bengal chief minister for a third straight term today amid post-polls violence that left at least 12 people dead.

During the violence, rival political workers clashed, party offices were torched and homes looted, resulting in the deaths and prompting the Union home ministry and state governor to seek reports, reported Indian media.

Besides, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday spoke to governor Jagdeep Dhankhar about the “alarmingly worrisome” law and order situation in West Bengal as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for “unprecedented” post-election violence in the state.