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Ex-judge of Calcutta HC Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP in Kolkata

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK   Advertisement Kolkata, March 7: Two days after resigning from the position of judge of the Calcutta High…

Ex-judge of Calcutta HC Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP in Kolkata

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Kolkata, March 7: Two days after resigning from the position of judge of the Calcutta High Court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today, on Thursday.

Just hours after resigning from the position of judge of the High Court, Gangopadhyay had announced on Tuesday that he would join the BJP.

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West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and other party officials were present when Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay was formally inducted into the party in Kolkata.

Gangopadhyay after joining the BJP remarked, “Today’s joining is nice. The way they have welcomed me is overwhelming. Everybody knows corruption is to be fought.”

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Speaking on the Sandeshkhali issue he said, “It is a very bad incident. The state leaders have gone there. They have been prevented from reaching there. Despite that, they have reached and stood beside the women there and BJP is taking up the cause of oppressed people in Sandeskhali”.

BJP state president welcomes Gangopadhyay

Sukanta Majumdar welcomed him into the party, saying, “As a State President of BJP I welcome former Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to our party, to the family of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I believe the way he has worked as a Justice for deprived, exploited victims of Bengal, he will carry forward that work with the leadership of the BJP”.

“In the coming future, Bengal’s politics will take a turn. This is the right time for the educated youth of Bengal to come forward and contribute to turning the politics of the state for good,” he added.

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