This will be the first political appointment in the neighborhood after a long time, the HT report said.
Dinesh Trivedi is a former Member of Parliament from Barrackpore, West Bengal. He also served as a Union minister during Manmohan Singh’s UPA (United Progressive Alliance) era as a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), holding the charge of Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and then the Railway Ministry.
The appointment of Dinesh Trivedi as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh is currently awaiting approval from the Government of Bangladesh.