Rajya Sabha bypoll to seat vacated by Dinesh Trivedi on August 9
India | Jul 16, 2021, 02:19 PM ISTBypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal vacated by Dinesh Trivedi earlier this year will be held on August 9.
Bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal vacated by Dinesh Trivedi earlier this year will be held on August 9.
Former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi, who joined BJP on Saturday, in an exclusive conversation with India TV, spoke in detail on why did he choose to join the saffron party, why he was feeling suffocated in TMC, on the forthcoming elections in the state and other issues.
Trivedi, who represented West Bengal in Rajya Sabha for the third time and was a former railway minister, announced his resignation in the house during a debate on the Union Budget, saying he cannot speak about the violence in his state.
Announcing his resignation, Trivedi had said, "If you sit here quietly and cannot do anything, then it is better that you resign from here and go to the land of Bengal and be with people. What I mean to say is the way violence is taking place in our state. Sitting here, I am feeling perplexed as to what should I do."
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Dinesh Trivedi, a former Union minister, said he was feeling 'suffocated' and 'helpless' in Trinamool Congress.
The dissent within the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' (TMC) conduct over its functioning is wide-out in open, months before Assembly Election 2021.
Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday resigned from Rajya Sabha. Trivedi, considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee, had served as the Minister of Railways in the UPA II government.
Dinesh Trivedi attacked government for poor hygiene in premium category trains.
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