Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP in Kolkata | Everything you need to know about the former judge of the Calcutta High Court

Abhijt Gangopadhyay started his career as an officer of the West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS). He was posted to North Dinajpur

Abhijit Ganguly joins BJP in Kolkata | Everything you need to know about the former judge of the Calcutta High Court

New Delhi: Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay became a member on Thursday Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as a Supreme Court judge, he had announced that he would join the saffron party.

“Today I have entered a new field. I am happy that I can join the BJP and work as a party soldier. Our aim is to oust the corrupt TMC regime from the state,” he said after officially joining.

The former judge of the Calcutta High Court was given a grand welcome at the party office in Salt Lake by BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar. “The politics of West Bengal needs a person like Abhijit Gangopadhyay,” said BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly.

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Abhijit Gangopadhyay is a former Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.[1][2]
Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s father was a lawyer.
Gangopadhyay was educated at Mitra Institution (Main), a local high school in Kolkata
He left school in 1979. He studied law at Hazra Law College.
He was a member of a theater group “Amitra Chanda”. He last appeared in a play in 1986.
Gangopadhyay started his career as an officer of the West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS). He was posted to North Dinajpur
He then left the job and practiced as a State Advocate in the Calcutta High Court before being appointed to the bench.
On May 2, 2018, he joined the Supreme Court as an Additional Judge.
He became a supervisory judge on July 30, 2020.
He resigned on March 5, 2024 and joined politics under the banner of the Bharatiya Janata Party.