What is Dinesh Trivedi?
[[File:The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi holding a Press Conference to announce the setting up of an expert group for modernization of Indian Railways, in New Delhi on September 21, 2011.jpg|thumb|The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi holding a Press Conference to announce the setting up of an expert group for modernization of Indian Railways]] '''Dinesh Trivedi''' (born 4 June 1950) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha]] from [[West Bengal]] from 4 April 2020 to 12 February 2021. He is a former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] (2009 to 2019) representing Barrackpore constituency of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4487 |title=Lok Sabha |publisher=164.100.47.132 |access-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525223503/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4487 |archive-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=rediff>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/special/profile-trivedi-a-man-of-many-parts/20110712.htm | title=Trivedi, a man of many parts | work=[[Rediff.com]] |author=Sheela Bhatt |place=New Delhi | date=12 July 2011 | access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> He was [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha]] for two separate terms (1990 to 1996, and 2002 to 2008). He is the ex-Union Minister for Railways and the ex-Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare under [[Manmohan Singh]]'s cabinet. Trivedi was awarded of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2016-2017 period and was given at an event at the central hall of Indian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-amid-chaos-in-parliament-mps-awarded-outstanding-parliamentarian-awards-for-2014-2017-period-2644515|title=Amid chaos in Parliament, MPs awarded Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards for 2014-2017 period {