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Dinesh Trivedi – Fact File

Dinesh Trivedi is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress party.

• Dinesh Trivedi is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress party.
• Trivedi started his political career with the Congress party in the 1980s. • In 1998 Trivedi joined Mamata Banerjee`s TMC. • At one point Trivedi wanted to be a monk after he saw an advertisement of the Ramkrishna Mission. • Trivedi had a childhood dream of flying for the Indian Air Force and is a trained pilot. • In 1984, Dinesh quit his job in Chicago and started his own air freight company based in Kolkata. • Trivedi joined the cabinet as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare in 2009. • In 2011, Trivedi offered to resign as a minister in support of Anna Hazare.