'WB Governor outstepped constitutional limit': CPI-M

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has 'outstepped the constitutional limit of the higest office of the state' and his statement would embolden the forces determined to destablise peace in the state, the ruling CPI-M said today.

The hard-hitting statement came a day after Gandhi indicted the state government and CPI-M, saying the manner in which the recapture of villages in Nandigram was being attempted was totally "unlawful and unacceptable".

The CPI-M statement issued at a press conference by its state secretary and Politburo member Biman Bose said the party was pained at the governor's statement. "The governor's statement will embolden the forces determined to destabilise peace and democracy in the state in a most undemocratic manner."

The Governor has "failed" to maintain neutrality and he has not acted in an impartial manner, he said.