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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday took a swipe at former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined the BJP today..
Without naming Gangopadhyay directly, Mamata Banerjee said, Sitting in the seat of a judge he says he will join BJP?.
During his stint as high court judge, Gangopadhyay had ordered multiple investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into numerous cases related to the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam..
Mamata Banerjee said the BJP has become a washing machine for people under probe agencys scanner...
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