Prime minister, Buddhadeb discuss law and order in West Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today discussed with prime minister Manmohan Singh the law and order including Maoists violence in the state.

Some of the developmental issues also came up for discussion during the 30 minutes meeting Bhattacharjee had with the prime minister.

Bhattacharjee is here to attend CPI-M Politburo meeting. Party sources said yesterday that the chief minister would take up with the prime minister the issue of appointment of a new governor in place of Gopalkrishna Gandhi whose term was already over. Bhattacharjee is also likely to meet home minister P Chidambaram.