Former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP's Tamluk candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Monday said the judgment delivered by a division bench on teachers' recruitment scam was “appropriate” and demanded the “immediate resignation” of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Gangopadhyay, who had quit the judiciary and joined the BJP in March, has said the judgment put people in a “decisive state” before the Lok Sabha elections, which he said should be conducted in Bengal under the President’s rule.

“The Calcutta High Court today delivered an appropriate justice. I would offer my regards to the Indian judiciary that works in the interest of the people of India. I feel very proud and lucky to have worked for this judiciary as a judge,” he said

“This judgment would have a major impact on the electorate as they would understand how the chief minister cheated the deserving educated job seekers.”

Gangopadhyay had ordered a CBI probe into the teachers' recruitment scam earlier as the sitting judge of the high court. He also ordered the termination of jobs of many teachers and non-teaching employees at state-aided and sponsored schools because of large-scale irregularities.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, the former judge categorically accused the entire cabinet of Mamata Banerjee of direct involvement in the scam, which worked under the direction of a youth, who according to him was a “politician” and should be arrested and interrogated to trace the roots of the corruption.

Demanding Mamata's resignation, he said: “Chief minister Mamata Banerjee indulged in cheating. The way she has spoiled the lives of educated and deserving job seekers by dragging the cases to the Supreme Court is shameful. She should resign immediately if she is left with little shame at all.”

"The victims are the deserving educated candidates which include both Hindu and Muslim youths, who should boycott her for playing with their lives," he added.

Despite claiming vindication of his orders in the case earlier, Gangopadhyay refused to term the verdict as his “victory”.

“It is not my victory, rather I feel pained today to find me and others under such an administration which is corrupt... it is unfortunate that our chief minister indulged in cheating and encouraged his education minister to cheat as well.”

"They accused me of bias and challenged me to fight politically. I have joined politics, but there is nowhere now," he said

The ex-judge said those who got jobs by paying bribes should be "hanged" along with those involved in the scam.

A high court lawyer wondered how a former judge could publicly advocate the "hanging" of the guilty. "Despite the gravity of the scam, a former judge should promote the legal path to deliver justice and not the manner in which he said the guilty should be hanged," the lawyer said.