Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a decide of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday morning, introduced his plan to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, former decide of Calcutta excessive court docket.
“Maybe on 7th (March) in the afternoon. There is a tentative program, when I will join BJP,” the previous Calcutta excessive court docket decide mentioned at a press convention.
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Gangopadhyay despatched his resignation letter earlier as we speak to President Droupadi Murmu with copies to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and the Chief Justice of the Calcutta excessive court docket TS Sivagnanam.
The resignation got here into impact instantly beneath Article 217 (1) (a) of the Constitution.
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He had hinted at becoming a member of politics, saying it was his conscience calling.
“My soul tells me that my tenure as a judge is over and it is time to enter a bigger sphere and serve people. I will put in my papers on Tuesday,” he instructed the media on Sunday.
Before lastly asserting his plan to hitch the BJP, Justice Gangopadhyay had mentioned that he might be a part of any of the Left events, Congress or Bharatiya Janata Party and even contest the approaching Lok Sabha elections.
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Speculations have been rife that he’ll contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Bengal’s Tamluk constituency on a BJP ticket. The Tamluk seat has been a bastion of the ruling Trinamool Congress in latest elections; the occasion has held it for the reason that 2009 election.
“For the last two or more years I have been dealing with some matters, especially education matters, regarding which a huge corruption has been discovered and unearthed. A large number of important persons in the education sector of this government are now languishing in jail, under trial,” Gangopadhyay instructed ANI earlier as we speak.
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