Calcutta Excessive Court docket Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay – who confirmed his resignation just some hours earlier – has stated he’ll be a part of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration, presumably on Thursday afternoon. “Perhaps on March 7, within the afternoon. There’s a tentative program when I’ll be a part of the BJP,” he stated.

Talking to reporters in Kolkata, he additionally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he known as a “very hardworking man”, and ripped into the ruling Trinamool, which he declared had “impressed” him to enter politics.

“Trinamool is imploding… it means corruption. PM Modi is a really hardworking man and he’s making an attempt to do one thing for this nation,” he declared and took swipes on the different opposition events, “I consider in God and faith, however CPIM doesn’t and the Congress is the zamindari of 1 household.”

Justice Gangopadhyay – who made headlines final 12 months, after an interview during which he mentioned a case he was listening to – is extensively anticipated to be fielded by the BJP within the basic election.

There may be hypothesis he may contest the Tamluk seat, which has been a bastion of the ruling Trinamool Congress in latest elections; the occasion has held it because the 2009 election

The seat was held by Suvendu Adhikari (between 2009 and 2016, when he give up), who was extensively seen as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s right-hand man until his incendiary change to the BJP.

Earlier at the moment Justice Gangopadhyay confirmed his resignation, telling reporters, “I’m going to satisfy the Chief Justice for a courtesy go to. I’ve already despatched my resignation to the President.”

He additionally stated he had deliberate to carry a press convention, however “it skipped my thoughts that prohibitory orders (banning giant gatherings) are in place”. “So I’ll maintain it at my residence…” he had stated.

Justice Gangopadhyay, who introduced his determination to give up on Sunday, had obtained an invite to hitch politics from Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, to which he had replied, “He has stated lot of issues towards me as a political spokesperson, however I like him as an individual. He is an efficient human being”.

Other than the interview concerning the case he was listening to – in reference to which Supreme Court docket Chief Justice DY Chandrachud stated “judges don’t have any enterprise granting interviews on pending issues” – Justice Gangopadhyay has continuously made headlines with rulings on numerous points.

For instance, earlier this 12 months he accused Justice Soumen Sen – who led a bench that stayed an order for a CBI probe into school irregularities – of working for a political occasion.

The matter is pending within the prime court docket.

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In December final 12 months Justice Gangopadhyay’s order to arrest a lawyer within the courtroom on contempt fees sparked an enormous row, with the bar affiliation adamant on boycotting all proceedings involving the decide. He was listening to a case associated to the state’s Madrasah Service Fee.

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