India appoints Dinesh Trivedi as next high commissioner to Bangladesh

Dinesh Trivedi has been appointed as the next high
commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
The diplomat is expected to take up
his new assignment in Dhaka shortly, according to a media statement issued by
India's Ministry of External Affairs today (27 April).
Trivedi will replace Pranay Verma
who will move to Brussels as the Indian ambassador to the European Union.
Earlier on 19 April, the Indian government had earlier decided to send senior
BJP leader and former Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi as the next high
commissioner to Bangladesh, Hindustan Times reports.
Trivedi served as Union Minister
for Railways and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the UPA
regime as a member of the Trinamool Congress. He resigned from the party in
2021 and later joined the BJP.
When contacted earlier that day, a
joint secretary-rank official of the Ministry of External Affairs told The
Business Standard that the government follows a set procedure in announcing
such appointments and would comment in due course.
The likely appointment is seen as a
signal from the Modi government that it is open to appointing political leaders
as envoys to key countries, rather than limiting such roles to Indian Foreign
Service officers.
The report also said that while Dhaka's agreement would be required for
Trivedi's posting, the move reflects a message of accountability to diplomats
within the Ministry of External Affairs.















