‘Golden Moment’: Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi on Joins BJP

Trivedi said that he will be active in the election process irrespective of whether he contests the elections.

Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who had quit the party on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on 12 February, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party president JP Nadda and Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday, 6 March.

His former party, Trinamool Congress, reacted sharply to his move, calling him ‘ungrateful’ and accusing him of ‘backstabbing’ the party when it needed his services.

Calling it a “golden moment”, Trivedi said that he had been waiting to join the party. He also added that he will be active in the election process irrespective of whether he contests the elections.

“I’ll be active in the election process, irrespective of whether I contest or not. Bengal has rejected TMC. They want progress, not corruption or violence. They’re ready for real change. Politics isn’t ‘khela’, it’s serious. She (CM) forgot her ideals while playing.”

Dinesh Trivedi