From HC to people’s court — how ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay is gearing up for Tamluk poll debut

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Purba Medinipur:On a day the Election Commission issued himshow-cause noticefor his derogatory remarks against the West Bengal Chief Minister, BJP candidate and former high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay struck a defiant note, saying that he would neither retract or apologise for his comment made at an election rally...

I will not take back my words; I will continue to question her, said Gangopadhyay to ThePrint...

As Gangopadhyays cavalcade sandwiched between central force security entered Moyna, a part of his Lok Sabha constituency of Tamluk, people thronged the white SUV to get a closer look at their candidate, once a judge of the Calcutta High Court who ordered the Kolkata Police to bring then TMC minister Partha Chatterjee to the CBI office for interrogation within two hours of signing the order in 2022...

Known for the violent land-acquisition stir that shaped the political landscape of Bengal, the 2007 Nandigram land agitation saw the meteoric rise of Mamata as a fierce opposition leader against the then erstwhile Left government. And it was Suvendu, then Mamatas prodigy, who had essayed a frontal role in shaping the stir...

There has been hardly any development in terms of industries in this belt by the TMC government, and Suvendu remains the ground leader who is now seen as the lone challenger to Mamata in Bengal..

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