new delhikolkata in yet another setback to trinamool congress ahead of the bengal assembly elections former union minister dinesh trivedi resigned from the rajya sabha on friday saying he was feeling stifled and his conscience told him to resign as mp and go and work for the people of bengal and indiatrivedis resignation came in a dramatic fashion in the upper house after the time allotted to trinamool to respond to the 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 vicepresident venkaiah naidulater without taking the name of prashant kishor who has been roped in by mamata banerjee to plan her election campaign he told reporters when the party goes into the hands of a corporate professional he is running the party somebody does not know the abc of politics he is becoming my neta so what can people do in such a situationtrivedi did not spell out his political future till friday evening i am with myself he said had i wanted to be in the rs why would i resign he said when asked whether he was eyeing the march 1 rajya sabha election from gujarat where two seats were vacanttrinamool reminded trivedi that he felt stifled immediately after his loss in the 2019 lok sabha poll as well and said he would feel stifled in bjp if he did not get what he was looking for partys rs chief whip sukhendu sekhar roy said trivedi had violated parliamentary procedures and he would ask the rs chairperson how an mp could speak when the partys allotted time to respond to the budget was over i was not present when he managed the treasury benches and spoke out of turn this violates all procedures roy said and how frequently does one feel stifledtrivedi after speaking about his conscience lauded pm narendra modis leadership in dealing with the covid crisis and referred to the political violence in bengaltrinamool initially dubbed trivedis move as shocking and unfortunate but sharpened its attack later he had been warned several times in the past three months for speaking out of line trinamool leaders said adding that his resignation gave the party an opportunity to send a grassroots worker to the rs loyalty is not transferable a party mp said reminding trivedi how the bengal chief minister had rehabilitated him after his ls loss from barrackporetrivedis social media posts his reluctance to be a part of trinamools farm law protests and speaking out of line had cost him the partys national spokesperson post earlier trinamool leaders said he has been warned several times his defection will have no impact in bengal even if he is fielded by bjp another mp saidtrivedi has shared a fractious relationship