Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 7 (HBTV): With Lok Sabha elections months away, former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

After joining the BJP, Gangopadhyay told ANI, "Today's joining is nice. The way they have welcomed me is overwhelming. Everybody knows corruption is to be fought." 

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay was formally inducted into the party in presence of state party chief Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of Oppostion Suvendu Adhikari, and others in Kolkata. 

Welcoming him to the party, Sukanta Majumdar said, "As a state president of BJP, I welcome former Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to our party, to the family of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I believe the way he has worked as a Justice for deprived, exploited victims of Bengal, he will carry forward that work with the leadership of the BJP". 

"In the coming future, Bengal's politics will take a turn. This is the right time for the educated youth of Bengal to come forward and contribute to turning the politics of the state for good," the BJP leader said. 

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who stepped down as a judge of the Calcutta High Court earlier in the month, had announced that he would be joining the BJP.

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for brevity and clarity.