TMC alleges Dinesh Trivedi 'allowed' to use floor of House out of turn; demands probe

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday alleged that Dinesh Trivedi, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Friday, was "allowed" to use the floor of the House for four minutes even though his name was not recommended by the party as a speaker in the Budget discussion. The TMC also alleged that Dinesh Trivedi's seat was allotted in the Rajya Sabha Gallery, but "he came down inside the Council Chamber" to "ramble on his personal political motives from a seat of his choice". ".the Chair did not take any action to stop such unauthorised intervention in Budget discussion, yet he spoke against the party he belonged to and made certain wild allegations against the AITC to substantiate his proposed resignation from the House," the party's chief whip in the House wrote in a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman. "At about 1.25 pm on 12 February 2021, when the Hon'ble Finance Minister was about to give reply to the Budget discussion, one member of AITC, Sri Dinesh Trivedi, since resigned, was allowed to speak for about four minutes from 1.25 pm to 1.29 pm, although his name was not recommended by the AITC as a speaker in the Budget discussion and no time was left for the party," he said in the letter.