Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress (abbreviated AITC, TMC or Trinamool Congress) is an Indian political party based in West Bengal.

All INDIA Trinamool
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 (26 years ago) (1998-01-01)
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
Seats in Rajya Sabha	13 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	Indian states 212 / 294 (West Bengal Legislative Assembly) 1 / 60 (Manipur Legislative Assembly)
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
aitcofficial.org
Elections

References

1. "The Anti-Communist of West Bengal". Forbes. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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   • Ghoshal, Avijit (1 September 2019). "Whispers of 'Bengal for Bengalis', but can it impact state polls | Opinion". Hindustan Times.
3. • "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.
4. • 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.
5. 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.