Trinamool Congress
All INDIA Trinamool | |
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| Abbreviation | AITC |
| Leader | Porky Pig |
| Chairperson | Mamata Banerjee |
| Secretary-General | Subrata Bakshi |
| 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 |
| Student wing | Trinamool Chhatra Parishad |
| Youth wing | Trinamool Youth Congress |
| Women's wing | Trinamool Mahila Congress |
| Labour wing | Trinamool Trade Union Congress |
| Peasant's wing | Trinamool Kisan Congress |
| Ideology | Anti-communism[1] Bengali nationalism[2] Populism[3] |
| Political position | Centre[4] to centre-right[5] |
| Colours | Green |
| ECI Status | State party |
| Alliance | NDA (1999–2009) UPA (2009–2012) Federal Front (2019) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 21 / 543
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 13 / 245
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| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | Indian states |
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The All India Trinamool Congress (abbreviated AITC, TMC or Trinamool Congress) is an Indian political party based in West Bengal.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Anti-Communist of West Bengal". Forbes. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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- Daniyal, Shoaib (16 June 2019). "In Bengal, speak Bengali: Squeezed by BJP's Hindutva, Mamata Banerjee grasps at Bengali nationalism". Scroll.in.
- Ghoshal, Avijit (1 September 2019). "Whispers of 'Bengal for Bengalis', but can it impact state polls | Opinion". Hindustan Times.
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- "Five reasons why Mamata Banerjee swept the West Bengal elections". Scroll.in. 19 May 2016.
- Mahaprashasta, Ajoy Ashirwad (19 May 2016). "Populist Governments With Strong Leaders Like Mamata Are Here to Stay". The Wire.
- Basu, Moni (12 May 2011). "Reflections on West Bengal, where communism is on verge of collapse". CNN.
- Singh, Neha (2 June 2011). "Tata Motors challenge govt decision to reclaim Singur land". Livemint. Reuters.
- "'Cultural Misrecognition' and the Sustenance of Trinamool Congress in West Bengal". Economic and Political Weekly. 53 (28): 7–8. 5 June 2015.
- ↑
- 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. 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.
- ↑ Ghosh, Pujya (1 June 2020). "From Revolution to Dissent: A Case Study of the Changing Role of Theatre and Activism in Bengal". World Political Theatre and Performance: 39–52. doi:10.1163/9789004430990_005. ISBN 9789004430990. S2CID 225711782.
