{"id":12968,"date":"2026-04-19T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12968"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:20:40","slug":"130373083-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12968","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Union minister Dinesh Trivedi set to be appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh: Report | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130373645,imgsize-23166,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/untitled-design.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Union minister Dinesh Trivedi set to be appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh: Report\" title=\"Dinesh Trivedi (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Dinesh Trivedi (File photo)\">Dinesh Trivedi (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi is likely to be appointed India\u2019s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh, with his \u201cextensive experience\u201d cited as a key factor, PTI reported quoting sources.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>If confirmed, Trivedi, who hails from West Bengal, which shares a border with Bangladesh, would be a rare political appointee to an ambassadorial post.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Pranay Verma, who had been serving as India\u2019s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, was on Friday appointed as the next Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. Verma, a 1994-batch diplomat, took charge as High Commissioner in Dhaka in September 2022.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>According to reports, New Delhi has been considering appointing a political figure to the key diplomatic post in Dhaka amid efforts to reset bilateral ties following the formation of a new government led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Tarique Rahman in February.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>India\u2013Bangladesh relations had witnessed a significant downturn under the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, which assumed charge after the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in student-led protests in August 2024.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Trivedi, 75, served as Railway Minister and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the Congress-led UPA government as a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal and also served as a Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpore. He quit the TMC in February 2021 and joined the BJP, which has been the country&#8217;s ruling party since May 2014.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Although there has been no formal announcement, BJP IT cell head and West Bengal co-incharge, Amit Malviya, posted a congratulatory message for Trivedi on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>\u201cCongratulations to Shri Dinesh Trivedi, senior BJP leader, former Union Minister and Barrackpore MP, for being appointed as India\u2019s High Commissioner to Bangladesh,\u201d Malviya wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ex-union-minister-dinesh-trivedi-set-to-be-appointed-high-commissioner-to-bangladesh-report\/articleshow\/130373083.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinesh Trivedi (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31117,724,31115,723,31116,719,720,721,5452,722,1065],"class_list":["post-12968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bjp-leader","tag-breaking-news","tag-dinesh-trivedi","tag-google-news","tag-high-commissioner-to-bangladesh","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-india-bangladesh-relations","tag-today-news","tag-west-bengal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}