Jug Suraiya Bengal governor Gopal Gandhi has committed an unpardonable sin and has, rightly, been taken sternly to task by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and other state leaders. Governor Gandhi's lapse? In order to show solidarity with the citizens of Kolkata, and other parts of Bengal, who are suffering from long power cuts, the governor voluntarily had all the lights and electrical appliances in Raj Bhavan switched off for two hours. This uncalled for gesture has many dangerous implications and deserves to be strictured by not just the state government, but by the political establishment of the country as a whole. For what Gandhi in effect did by turning off the lights in his official residence was to cross the Lakshman rekha