Why a politician, not a career diplomat, may be India’s next envoy to Dhaka| India News
The post of the Indian high commissioner in Bangladesh, once the preserve of doyens of the foreign service such as Subimal Dutt, Muchkund Dubey and Krishnan Srinivasan, is now expected to be filled by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former lawmaker Dinesh Trivedi. Dinesh Trivedi, who had stints in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), will be the first political appointee to hold the key post in Dhaka in many decades (PTI) Trivedi, who had stints in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), will be the first political appointee to hold the key post in Dhaka in many decades. Before this, the handful who could be considered political appointees included Subimal Dutt and Samar Sen, the first two officials to be given the post after the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, but even they belonged to the erstwhile Indian Civil Service (ICS). For the Indian Foreign Service, a stint in Dhaka as the envoy often led to greater things, with several high commissioners going on to become foreign secretary. The latest in this line …
