Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High Court on March 5 resigned as the Judge and announced his plan to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha election.
“I am joining the BJP. I will be joining soon. Maybe on March 7 in the afternoon,” the former Calcutta High court judge said at a press conference. Speaking to mediapersons at his residence, Mr. Gangopadhyay admitted that he has been in touch with the BJP. “I approached the BJP and the BJP approached me,” he quipped.
The former judge who has presided over crucial cases including that of West Bengal school job scam had earlier in the day sent his resignation President Droupadi Murmu with copies to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court T.S. Sivagnanam.
