Jairam Ramesh On Abhijit Gangopadhyay: Congress on Monday (25 March) targeted former Calcutta High Court judge and now BJP candidate in Lok Sabha elections 2024 Abhijit Gangopadhyay over one of his comments. Gangopadhyay had commented regarding Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on his Had resigned to contest Lok Sabha elections, now says he cannot choose between Gandhi and Godse.
The Congress leader said, “This is completely unacceptable and his candidature should be immediately withdrawn by those who left no stone unturned to usurp the Mahatma’s legacy.” Jairam Ramesh taunted, “Father of the dough.” -What will the nation do to protect the Father of the Nation?
It is worse than pathetic that a judge of the Calcutta High Court, who resigned to contest the Lok Sabha polls as a BJP candidate blessed by none other than the Prime Minister, now says that he cannot choose between Gandhi and Godse. This is totally unacceptable and his…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 25, 2024
This month Abhijeet Gangopadhyay had resigned from the post of judge.
Let us tell you that Abhijit Gangopadhyay had announced his plan to join BJP earlier this month (on March 5), a few hours after resigning from the post of judge of Calcutta High Court. Whereas, on Sunday (24 March) Lok Sabha Elections He was also announced to be made a candidate in the fifth list of BJP released for 2024. BJP has given ticket to Abhijeet Gangopadhyay from Tamluk in West Bengal. He is contesting from this seat against TMC candidate Devangshu Bhattacharya.
What did Abhijit Gangopadhyay say about Mahatma Gandhi and Godse?
Abhijit Gangopadhyay had recently told a Bengali channel that he could not choose between Gandhi and Godse. According to India Today, Abhijit Bhattacharya had said in an interview to Aaj Tak Bangla, “As a person associated with the legal profession, I should try to understand the other side of the story. I should read what he (Nathuram Godse) has written and understand what provoked him to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi. Till then I cannot choose between Gandhi and Godse.
