Ex-Union minister Dinesh Trivedi set to be appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh: Report | India News
New Delhi: BJP leader and former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi is likely to be appointed India’s next high commissioner to Bangladesh, citing his “vast experience” as a key factor, PTI reported citing sources.If confirmed, Trivedi, who hails from West Bengal, which shares a border with Bangladesh, will receive a rare political appointment as an ambassador.Prannoy Verma, serving as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, was on Friday appointed as the next ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. Verma, a 1994-batch diplomat, took over as High Commissioner to Dhaka in September 2022.According to reports, New Delhi is considering appointing a political figure to a key diplomatic post in Dhaka amid efforts to restore bilateral ties following the formation of a new government led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Tariq Rahman in February.Indo-Bangladesh relations witnessed a significant downturn under the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, which took over in August 2024 after the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina government in student-led protests.Trivedi, 75, served as Railway Minister and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the Congress-led UPA government as a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal and also served as a Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpore. He left the TMC in February 2021 and joined the BJP, which has been the country’s ruling party since May 2014.While there was no official announcement, BJP IT cell chief and West Bengal co-in-charge, Amit Malviya, posted a congratulatory message for Trivedi on social media.“Congratulations to Shri Dinesh Trivedi, senior BJP leader, former Union Minister and MP from Barrackpore, on being appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh,” Malviya wrote on X.
