Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP ahead of Bengal polls Dinesh Trivedi, a former Union minister, had announced his resignation as TMC MP in Rajya Sabha on February 12. (Image: ANI) Updated: Mar 6, 2021, 01:07 PM IST Ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls, Dinesh Trivedi, who had resigned as TMC MP in Rajya Sabha in February, joined Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday in presence of party president JP Nadda in New Delhi. "This is the golden moment for me, for which I have been waiting for a long time. Nadda ji and my friends knew I was waiting for this. I never left ideology. The nation was above everything for me. Every person believes that PM Narendra Modi and BJP will keep the nation secure," Trivedi said.