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Ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Two days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta High Court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the BJP.
Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he had announced that he would be joining the saffron party.
''Today, I have joined a new field. I am happy to join the BJP and will work as a party soldier. Our objective is to oust the corrupt TMC regime from the state,'' he said after his official joining.
He was given a grand welcome at the BJP office in Salt Lake, as state party president Sukanta Majumdar handed him the party flag.
''West Bengal's politics needs a person like Abhijit Gangopadhyay,'' BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is also the leader of the opposition in the assembly, said.
On Tuesday morning, Gangopadhyay handed his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu, along with copies to CJI DY Chandrachud and Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam.
Gangopadhyay is likely to run as a BJP candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections from Bengal's Tamluk seat. The Tamluk seat has been a stronghold for the ruling Trinamool Congress in previous elections, with the party holding it since 2009.
Earlier, Gangopadhyay, sparked controversy with his interviews against TMC and was also pulled up by the Supreme Court for speaking to media as a sitting judge. He has given several verdicts against the TMC goverment. In April 2023, the Teacher Recruitment Scam involving TMC leader and CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee was assigned to his bench. While dealing with the 'School Jobs for Cash scheme,' Justice Gangopadhyay spoke to a local Bengali news channel about Abhishek Banerjee's role in the scheme.
In January 2024, Gangopadhyay engaged in a judicial spat with fellow judge Justice Soumen Sen of the Calcutta High Court, prompting the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the two judges' 'order war'. The Supreme Court had to convene two special sittings in a span of nine months to deal with his orders.
