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Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi resigns from Rajya Sabha citing violence in Bengal
Dinesh Trivedi, considered a close confidant of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had served as the Railway Minister in the UPA-II government
File image: Dinesh Trivedi
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Dinesh Trivedi announced his resignation from the Rajya Sabha on February 12.
Trivedi, considered a close confidant of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had served as the Minister for Railways in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) II government. He is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to sources.
His resignation came just ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections in Bengal. The BJP is projecting itself as an alternative to the TMC, which under Mamata Banerjee s leadership has governed the state since 2011. The polls are likely to happen in April-May.“I am resigning from Rajya Sabha today. There is violence happening in my state. We can