State party · AITC / TMC
All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress is the ruling party of West Bengal and one of the largest opposition parties in the Lok Sabha. It split from the Indian National Congress in 1998.
Founded
1 January 1998
Founder
Mamata Banerjee
Headquarters
Kolkata, West Bengal
President / Leader
Mamata Banerjee
Election symbol
Flowers and grass
Party colours
Green, white
Alliance
INDIA bloc
Active in
West Bengal
Ideology
PopulismBengali regionalismSecularismCentre-left
History
TMC ended 34 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal in 2011 and has won every subsequent state election. Mamata Banerjee has been Chief Minister continuously since 2011.
Political positions
Welfare schemes such as Kanyashree and Lakshmir Bhandar, strong opposition to CAA/NRC in Bengal, federalism, and Bengali cultural identity.
Notable leaders
- • Mamata Banerjee
- • Abhishek Banerjee
- • Derek O'Brien
- • Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Notable controversies & cases
- 01Saradha and Narada chit-fund cases — multiple TMC leaders were investigated.
- 02School Service Commission recruitment scam — former minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested.
- 03Allegations of post-poll political violence in West Bengal after the 2021 elections.
Sources & references
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