'By asking 'When the leading political formations of West Bengal have the same objective, why should violence not abate?' and arriving at a conclusion that he believes 'Those who can act are not doing so', the governor makes no distinction between the killers and the killed,' the LF statement said.

'The perceptive Indian mentioned in the statement would not have missed this difference and that probably explains why the statement is shy of taking his name,' the LF said in a sarcastic reference to the governor quoting from Mahatma Gandhi without naming him in his statement.

The LF claimed that the role of some union ministers from the Trinamool Congress in encouraging the 'tandava' was explained in the memorandum submitted by its MPs to the governor. 'We are not aware if the honourable governor has sent any report to the union government on the involvement of the union ministers in this matter.'

Blaming the Leftwing Maoist guerrillas, the LF said: 'The self-styled Maoists take pride in openly claiming their ownership of most of these ghastly murders and their attempt to kill the chief minister of the state. We have no knowledge of any public statement releases from Raj Bhavan on such occasions,' the LF added.