Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress
All India Trinamool Congress
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
Ideology	Bengali nationalism; Regionalism; Populism; Welfarism; Progressivism; Social liberalism; Secularism;
Political position	Centre;
Colours	Green
Slogan	Joy Bangla ; Khela Hobe (Electoral Slogan) ; Ma Mati Manush (Political Slogan)
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (1998–2006) ; United Progressive Alliance (2009–2012) ; Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (2023–present)
Seats in Lok Sabha	29 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	13 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	228 / 4,036 Indian states 222 / 294 (West Bengal) 5 / 60 (Meghalaya)
Number of states and union territories in government	1 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	aitcofficial.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The All India Trinamool Congress (transl. All India Grassroots Congress; abbr. AITC) is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal.^[19] 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 fourth-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.
^ Chirakkara, Vipin Kumar (September 2022). "Rethinking regional politics: Beyond the 2021 West Bengal elections". Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 7 (3): 507–520. doi:10.1177/20578911221099076.
^ Hussain, Md. Iftekhar; Mir, Aijaz Ahmad (25 May 2024). "Party Politics in West Bengal: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics". Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities. 4 (3): 50–55. doi:10.55544/ijrah.4.3.10.
^ 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.
^ Debnath, Kunal; Chatterjee, Souvik (1 August 2021). "Populism in Electoral Politics: What We Learnt from the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021". Academia Letters, Article 2855. SSRN 3905238.
^ Das, Ritanjan; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2 April 2024). "Consolidating a political dynasty: Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress, and the 2023 panchayat elections in West Bengal". Contemporary South Asia. 32 (2): 194–201. doi:10.1080/09584935.2023.2296899.
^ Rameez, Md (1 January 2023). "The development of West Bengal: Contextualizing different strategies adopted by Mamata Banerjee's government" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 5 (1): 344–347. doi:10.33545/26646021.2023.v5.i1e.241.
^ Debnath, Kunal (2023). "Welfare Populism and Electoral Politics". Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century: 1–4. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9859-0_282-1.
^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah; Rahman, Shaikh Azizur (26 March 2021). "'India's soul at stake': Bengalis vote in divisive election". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ Sircar, Jawhar (28 March 2021). "From Liberalism To Secularism, the Battle for Bengal Has Just Begun". The Wire. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ Howladar, Sumit (2016). "1 Trinamool, Politics and Poribarton: Comprehending the Ideological Connection" (PDF). University of North Bengal. 12.
^ "Secular ideals of Indira Gandhi is more relevant today:TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee". The Economic Times. PTI. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^
- 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.
^ "At 24, Trinamool Congress eyes national stage". The Economic Times. PTI. 1 January 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ "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.

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

[4] Chirakkara, Vipin Kumar (September 2022). "Rethinking regional politics: Beyond the 2021 West Bengal elections". Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 7 (3): 507–520. doi:10.1177/20578911221099076.

[5] Hussain, Md. Iftekhar; Mir, Aijaz Ahmad (25 May 2024). "Party Politics in West Bengal: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics". Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities. 4 (3): 50–55. doi:10.55544/ijrah.4.3.10.

[6] 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.

[7] Debnath, Kunal; Chatterjee, Souvik (1 August 2021). "Populism in Electoral Politics: What We Learnt from the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021". Academia Letters, Article 2855. SSRN 3905238.

[8] Das, Ritanjan; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2 April 2024). "Consolidating a political dynasty: Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress, and the 2023 panchayat elections in West Bengal". Contemporary South Asia. 32 (2): 194–201. doi:10.1080/09584935.2023.2296899.

[9] Rameez, Md (1 January 2023). "The development of West Bengal: Contextualizing different strategies adopted by Mamata Banerjee's government" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 5 (1): 344–347. doi:10.33545/26646021.2023.v5.i1e.241.

[10] Debnath, Kunal (2023). "Welfare Populism and Electoral Politics". Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century: 1–4. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9859-0_282-1.

[11] Ellis-Petersen, Hannah; Rahman, Shaikh Azizur (26 March 2021). "'India's soul at stake': Bengalis vote in divisive election". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[12] Sircar, Jawhar (28 March 2021). "From Liberalism To Secularism, the Battle for Bengal Has Just Begun". The Wire. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[13] Howladar, Sumit (2016). "1 Trinamool, Politics and Poribarton: Comprehending the Ideological Connection" (PDF). University of North Bengal. 12.

[14] "Secular ideals of Indira Gandhi is more relevant today:TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee". The Economic Times. PTI. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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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.

[16] 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.

[17] 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.

[16] "At 24, Trinamool Congress eyes national stage". The Economic Times. PTI. 1 January 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[17] "NCP, TMC and CPI lose national party status, AAP earns coveted tag Dated 10.04.2023". India: India Today. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[18] "TMC and Congress break up in Bengal in INDIA alliance".

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All India Trinamool Congress

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 (26 years ago) (1998-01-01)
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
Ideology	Bengali nationalism^[1]^[2]^[3] Regionalism^[4]^[5] Populism^[6] Welfarism^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] Progressivism^[11] Social liberalism^[12]^[13] Secularism^[14]
Political position	Centre^[15]^[16]
Colours	Green
Slogan	Joy Bangla Khela Hobe (Electoral Slogan) Ma Mati Manush (Political Slogan)
ECI Status	State Party^[17]
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (1998–2006) United Progressive Alliance (2009–2012) Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (2023–present)^[18]
Seats in Lok Sabha	29 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	13 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	228 / 4,036 Indian states 222 / 294 (West Bengal) 5 / 60 (Meghalaya)
Number of states and union territories in government	1 / 31
Election symbol

Party flag

Website
aitcofficial.org
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