Ex-TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi Joins BJP

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West Bengal Polls: Ex-TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi Joins BJP

West Bengal's ex-Railway Minister and former Rajya Sabha member from Trinamool Congress (TMC) Dinesh Trivedi joined BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda on March 6. Citing escalating violence in the state as a reason, Trivedi had on February 12 announced his resignation from the Rajya Sabha. After defecting, Dinesh said, "Golden moment I had been waiting for." Bengal will go for polls from March 27 in eight phases.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 - 03:39 PM / by Ashly Ann Varghese

Tags: West Bengal Assembly Elections, TMC, Dinesh Trivedi, BJP, JP Nadda

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Dinesh Trivedi

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MP Dinesh Trivedi Resigns From Rajya Sabha, Criticizes Banerjee's Leadership

Citing "suffocated" in Mamta Banerjee’s leadership, the Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi announced his resignation on February 12 as a Rajya Sabha member. Giving another jolt to the incumbent Banerjee led West Bengal government, Trivedi expressed his inability to stop violence in Bengal. Fielding the opportunity while BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya cleared about welcoming the former Union Railway Minister into BJP, the same was not confirmed… read-more

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 - 04:31 PM / by Nikita Thakur

Tags: Indian Politics, Dinesh Trivedi, TMC, Rajya Sabha Member

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