India has appointed Dinesh Trivedi as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Monday announced the appointment, noting that he is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The 75-year-old veteran politician and former Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi will replace career diplomat Pranay Verma, who will move to Brussels as the Indian Ambassador to the European Union (EU).
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Pranay Verma, current Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has recently been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union.
On April 10, the Ministry of External Affairs of India announced his appointment, noting that he will be accredited as Ambassador of India to the European Union.
Pranay Verma, who served as Ambassador of India to Vietnam, arrived in Dhaka on September 21, 2022.
India is sending a political appointee to the neighbourhood after a long time.
Earlier, Amit Malviya, in-charge of BJP’s National Information and Technology Department and co-incharge West Bengal congratulated Dinesh Trivedi for being appointed as India's envoy to High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
Trivedi was a Union Minister for Railways and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the UPA regime as a member of the Trinamool Congress(TMC).
He resigned from the TMC on February 12, 2021 and joined the BJP on March 6, 2021.