In yet another setback to Trinamool Congress ahead of the Bengal assembly elections, former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi resigned from the Rajya Sabha, saying he was "feeling stifled" and his "conscience" told him to resign as MP and "go and work for the people of Bengal and India".
Trivedi’s resignation came in a dramatic fashion in the Upper House after the time allotted to Trinamool Congress to respond to the Union budget. He parroted several lines that BJP leaders have been using to describe Trinamool, including the charge that the party is being "run by corporates", indicating that he is headed out of Trinamool and towards BJP. Soon after announcing his resignation on the floor of the House, he handed in his papers to Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.
