Kolkata, Nov. 7 -- Former Calcutta high court judge Biswajit Basu resigned from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) tribunal on Saturday, citing personal reasons, becoming the fourth judge to step down.

"He submitted his resignation to high court Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge, citing personal reasons. Former high court judge Indrajit Chatterjee quit around 20 days ago, saying he had difficulty travelling more than 20 km every day from his Salt Lake residence to the tribunal in South 24 Parganas district," a court official said, requesting anonymity.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ousted the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in May this year and came to power.

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