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All India Trinamool Congress সর্বভারতীয় তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস | |
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| Abbreviation | AITC (official) TMC (alternatives) |
| Chairperson | Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal) |
| General Secretary | Abhishek Banerjee |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Sudip Bandyopadhyay |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Sudip Bandyopadhyay |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Derek O' Brien |
| Founder | Mamata Banerjee |
| Founded | 1 January 1998 |
| Split from | Indian National Congress |
| Headquarters | 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700026 |
| Newspaper | Jago Bangla (Bengali) |
| Student wing | Trinamool Chaatra Parishad |
| Youth wing | All India Trinamool Youth Congress |
| Women's wing | Trinamool Mahila Congress |
| Labour wing | Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress |
| Peasant's wing | Trinamool Kisan Khet Majdur Congress |
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| Political position | Centre[9] to centre-left[10] |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | Joy Bangla Khela Hobe (Electoral Slogan) Ma Mati Manush (Political Slogan) |
| ECI Status | State Party[11] |
| Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (2023–2024)[12]
National Democratic Alliance (1998–2006) United Progressive Alliance (2009–2012) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 22 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 13 / 245 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 228 / 4,036
Indian states 222 / 294 (West Bengal)
5 / 60 (Meghalaya)
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| Number of states and union territories in government | 1 / 31 |
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The All India Trinamool Congress (Bengali: সর্বভারতীয় তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস; transl. All India Grassroots Congress; abbr. AITC) is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal.[13] It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently, it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after the BJP and INC.
The party won a historic victory in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election by defeating the 34-year-long Left Front rule, world's longest democratically elected communist government. It has won a three-time majority in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and has been the ruling party in West Bengal since 20 May 2011. AITC is led by Mamata Banerjee as the chairperson of the party.
- ^ "Bengali pride,sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in West Bengal assembly polls". Deccan Herald. 23 March 2021.
This is for the first time we have made Bengali pride our main poll plank. Bengali pride is not just about Bengalis; it appeals to all sons of the soil," senior TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy told PTI.
- ^ "The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?". India Today. 26 November 2020.
The TMC has decided to counter the BJP's Hindutva majoritarian politics by invoking Bengali sub-nationalism ahead of the State Assembly polls. With Mamata Banerjee setting the tone herself, TMC leaders have started attacking the BJP as a party of 'outsiders' trying to mount an assault on Bengalis.
- ^ "In Bengal, speak Bengali: Squeezed by BJP's Hindutva, Mamata Banerjee grasps at Bengali nationalism". Scroll.in. 26 June 2019.
These crises pushed the Trinamool to declare its Bengali nativist line even more vociferously, hoping that this new narrative will break the party's free fall.
- ^ Jawhar Sircar (28 March 2021). "From Liberalism To Secularism, the Battle for Bengal Has Just Begun". The Wire.
- ^ Howladar, Sumit. "Trinamool, Politics and Poribarton Comprehending the Ideological Connection" (PDF). University of North Bengal. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "'India's soul at stake': Bengalis vote in divisive election". The Guardian. 26 March 2021.
The TMC has implemented a progressive development agenda, but it has also been mired in accusations of corruption and thuggery.
- ^ "Secular ideals of Indira Gandhi is more relevant today:TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee". The Economic Times.
- ^ Bhaumik, Subir (13 May 2011). "Defeat rocks India's elected communists – Features". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
The Congress alliance, led by populist Mamata Banerji, has won elections in the West Bengal state assembly.
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- Banerjee, Vasabjit; Bhattacharya, Srobana; Jha, Anand (3 July 2017). "Inequality and Elections: The Nationwide Origins and State-Level Dynamics of India's Maoist Insurgency". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 44 (3): 72–97. doi:10.1080/00927678.2017.1357347. hdl:2263/64297. ISSN 0092-7678. S2CID 158695181.
- Ghosh, Gautam (2015). "An 'infiltration' of time? Hindu Chauvinism and Bangladeshi migration in/to Kolkata, India". Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology. 6 (1): 263–288. ISSN 2068-0317.
- ^ Bhaumik, Subir (13 May 2011). "Defeat rocks India's elected communists – Features". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "NCP, TMC and CPI lose national party status, AAP earns coveted tag Dated 10.04.2023". India: India Today. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "TMC and Congress break up in Bengal in INDIA alliance".
- ^ Subramonian, Surabhi, ed. (10 April 2014). "Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!". Daily News and Analysis.