Dinesh Trivedi, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on Thursday.
Trivedi was appointed India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh on 27 April by India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
He served as Union Minister for Railways and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the UPA government as a member of the Trinamool Congress. He resigned from the TMC on 12 February 2021 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 6 March 2021.
Earlier, Trivedi expressed optimism that Bangladesh and India could emerge as the strongest democracies and major global powers together, emphasising that the goal is achievable.
