Click to play videoNew Delhi: West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and told him he doesn’t want an extension after his tenure ends in December.
Sources tell CNN-IBN Gandhi that it shouldn’t appear that he is greedy for power and perks and his tenure shouldn’t be extended.
Gandhi ran foul with Bengal’s Left Front government two weeks ago when he said the state was witnessing a "veritable tandava of political violence". Tandava, according to Hindu mythology, is Lord Shiva's dance of destruction.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which leads the Left Front government in the state, on Sunday, called Gandhi "partial".
"I am not saying softly that he has not been impartial. I am clearly saying he (Gopalkrishna Gandhi) has been quite biased and passed one-sided comments several times on important political issues," said CPI-M central committee member Shyamal Chakrabroty.
"Gandhi made no comment when many of our cadres were killed and hundreds driven out of their homes by Trinamool Congress, Maoists and Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (Anti-Land Acquisition Committee) activists during spiralling violence in Nandigram for more than a year," he said.
"Gandhi did not even condemn these violent acts carried out by the opposition parties," he said.
The Left Front had earlier criticized Gandhi for his statement on political violence in the state and asked him to "exhibit more apparent neutrality".
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