"I do not underestimate them (opposition), but I find that they are not in the ground. They are absent from the contest...," Gangopadhyay said speaking about the TMC in Tamluk.
Besides, Gangopadhyay, Singh, BJP District General Secretary Abhijit Barman, and executive member of West Bengal's Cooch Behar district Tapas Das are among those who have been granted security protection by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday lashed out at Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a former judge of the Calcutta High Court and now Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha election candidate, over his recent remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party announced the candidature of former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk constituency, West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim on Monday said that questions can be raised about the judgements delivered by those judges who decide to leave th
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha asserted on Thursday that the state will soon achieve 'Ek Tripura Shrestha Tripura' following the signing of the crucial tripartite agreement with the central government and the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) Motha, also known as Ti
Justice Gangopadhyay's resignation has reignited the debate about judges entering politics in India. Traditionally, judges in India are expected to maintain a distance from politics.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Wednesday accused former Calcutta HC Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay of working for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while sitting on the chair of the Judge and said that he has "no value."
"The party will decide whether there will be candidates in the Lok Sabha or not. The ruling party of the state has inspired me to enter politics," Gangopadhyay said.
Gangopadhyay had already conveyed his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and planned to meet Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam later today for a "courtesy visit".