Kolkata, March 5 -- Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who stepped down as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday announced that he would join the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Reacting to the announcement, the Trinamool Congress said that Gangopadhyay's decision to join the BJP is a testament to their allegations of him making "politically motivated" decisions while holding the position.

"Abhijeet Ganguly's decision proves that all the allegations that TMC was making for so many days were true. Sitting on the chair for so long, he was making politically motivated decisions. Today in the press conference, he openly said that before resigning, he had contacted the BJP or the BJP had contacted him, which means that talks were going on. It is not righ...