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‘Golden moment’: TMC ex-MP Trivedi joins BJP

Describing his entry into the BJP as a “golden moment”, the 70-year-old took a veiled dig at his former party.

Trivedi is the latest in the list of TMC leaders, including political heavyweight and minister Suvendu Adhikari and state minister Rajib Banerjee, who switched over to the BJP.(HT Photo)
Published on Mar 07, 2021 12:59 AM IST

Golden moment that I was waiting for, says Dinesh Trivedi as he joins BJP

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi left the party last month.

Dinesh Trivedi quit his Rajya Sabha seat last month, saying he was feeling suffocated in the Trinamool Congress(HT Photo/Arvind Yadav)
Updated on Mar 06, 2021 08:05 PM IST
By, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

'Now, he is in the right party': Nadda welcomes Dinesh Trivedi to BJP

The former Trinamool MP said it was the golden moment he had been waiting for. BJP president J P Nadda said Trivedi was the right person in the wrong party

JP Nadda said,
Updated on Mar 06, 2021 02:49 PM IST
By | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh

Dinesh Trivedi explains why Trinamool leaders don’t want Prashant Kishor around

Dinesh Trivedi, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat last week, spoke out against Prashant Kishor's team that had brought in by party chief Mamata Banerjee.

Dinesh Trivedi said Prashant Kishor's team, which was given access to his social media accounts, used words against PM Modi and the governor that he would never use(HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 17, 2021 01:56 PM IST
BySunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

News updates from HT: SC allows PIL on priority Covid jabs for legal fraternity

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The Supreme Court. (File photo)
Published on Feb 16, 2021 01:29 PM IST
By, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Told not to campaign when I pointed out corruption within TMC: Trivedi

Dinesh Trivedi also said that under the Mamata Banerjee-led government the middle class has been facing problems as no one pays attention to their grievances

Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi said he flagged issues related to violence and corruption several times to the Trinamool senior leaders. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 16, 2021 01:45 PM IST
By, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Partha Chatterjee slams Dinesh Trivedi for leaving TMC

"How come (Trivedi) stayed so long if (he) was feeling suffocated? Even swimmers also fail to do so," said Chatterjee while addressing a press conference here.

Published on Feb 14, 2021 04:50 PM IST
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News updates from HT: Speaker calls Budget Session 'highly productive'

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. (ANI)
Published on Feb 13, 2021 08:48 PM IST
By, New Delhi

After BJP’s offer to join, Dinesh Trivedi has a request

"I am very grateful to BJP and its senior leaders, I was told they have said that I am welcome. It would be a privilege, no question about it. But, let me settle down," he said.

Trivedi also took a jibe at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, saying that no one could hold their heads up high in an environment of fear.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 13, 2021 05:00 PM IST
By | Edited by Nilavro Ghosh

TMC MP says feeling ‘suffocated’, quits Rajya Sabha

State elections are expected in April-May this year and the Trinamool and the BJP are the prime contenders.

TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 13, 2021 02:40 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Not a shock, says Trinamool after Dinesh Trivedi announces resignation

Dinesh Trivedi had met the Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP’s) chief Sharad Pawar and expressed his dissatisfaction, senior TMC leader Saugata Roy said.

Saugata Roy, a senior leader of the Trinamool Congress, said the party will send another 'grassroots’ worker to the Upper House.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 12, 2021 05:05 PM IST
By | Written by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi

Welcome to join BJP: Vijaywargiya after Dinesh Trivedi says wants to quit RS

Dinesh Trivedi’s dramatic announcement came while he was participating in the debate on the Union Budget. The Trinamool leader said he feels suffocated in the House because he is unable to do anything about the ongoing violence in West Bengal.

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya speaks in Kolkata in this file photo. (PTI)
Published on Feb 12, 2021 02:52 PM IST
By | Written by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi

Sweepers stop work in Bengal civic body; BJP MP Arjun Singh picks up the broom

Arjun Singh, a former four-time Trinamool Congerss (TMC) legislator from Bhatpara and former chairman of the civic body, joined BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and defeated TMC’s two-time MP Dinesh Trivedi from Barrackpore.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh took up a shovel and a broom on Monday to clear a roadside drain.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 10, 2019 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool’s Dinesh Trivedi aims to get third term from Barrackpore

Polling will be held during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 6. The votes will be counted on May 23.

New Delhi, India-April 23, 2017: A man Ink mark a voter finger during the casting her vote for the MCD election 2017, in polling station no. 50, in East Delhi, India on Sunday, April 23, 2017.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 02:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By

TMC leader and four-time MLA Arjun Singh joins BJP

Singh is the latest entry into the BJP from the TMC. Earlier, expelled TMC MP Anupam Hazra joined the saffron party. The BJP is aiming to get a sizeable number of seats in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

TMC leader and four-time legislator from West Bengal Arjun Singh Thursday joined the BJP, giving a boost to the saffron party’s prospects in the state for the Lok Sabha elections.(ANI/Twitter)
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 04:43 PM IST
New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

‘Govt clueless too’: Congress as ministers say no farmer, journo death data

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet that it was “pretty ironic” that a government which has “no trouble inventing data for the UPA’s GDP numbers”, says it has no data on farmer suicides or on attacks on journalists

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet that it was “pretty ironic” that a government which has “no trouble inventing data for the UPA’s GDP numbers”, says it has no data on farmer suicides or on attacks on journalists.(HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 21, 2018 02:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By

Mamata Banerjee not to attend swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Congress leader Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh CM, official sources said. Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi will be representing the party at the event.

There was, however, no reason cited for Mamata Banerjee not going to Bhopal for Kamal Nath’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday, an official of the Chief Minister’s Office said.(AFP/File Photo)
Updated on Dec 17, 2018 10:46 AM IST
Kolkata | ByPress Trust of India
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