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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) or the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) is a political party based in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee in 1998 after she split from the Indian National Congress.
The party came to power in the state with Mamata Banerjee as the CM in 2011, defeating the Left Front in the Assembly elections and marking the end of the longest democratically elected Communist government in the world.


The Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee used the 2006-07 protests against the Left Front government over Nandigram and Singur to rally supporters and popularity in Bengal. It joined hands with the Congress in the state for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and won 19 seats, thus joining the Manmohan Singh government at the Centre. Two years later, it ended the Left’s 34-year rule in Bengal. Earlier, though, the Trinamool had also aligned with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in 1999, when Mamata Banerjee was made Railways Minister.


Besides dominating Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has also contested elections in Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Goa. The party is one of the strong opposition voices in the Union parliament.

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Congress, TMC oppose EC’s ‘special intensive revision’ of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar

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Both parties object to the documentation process that people will have to go through to prove their eligibility to vote, and have termed it a 'devious, dangerous' idea.

13-yr-old girl dies after bomb goes off during TMC victory parade after Kaliganj by-poll

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CM Mamata Banerjee expressed shock over the incident & urged police to 'take strong & decisive legal action' against the culprits behind the bomb blast.

TMC rebukes Opposition after HC stays relief scheme for non-teaching staff, pledges legal recourse

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The scheme was initially launched to provide limited monetary support to sacked Group C and D staff, after SC quashed a 2016 West Bengal state government recruitment process.

Calm on the surface, unease below: 10 months after rape-murder case, RG Kar campus still seeks answers

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Presence of CISF personnel has brought semblance of security to the hospital. But, medical students & interns voice their frustration over lack of progress in investigation.

Prestige at stake in some seats, but bypolls in four states largely a test for INDIA bloc

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Oppn party leaders demand special session of Parliament on Op Sindoor, write to PM Modi

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Leaders from 16 Opposition parties have signed a letter to the prime minister demanding answers related to the recent Operation Sindoor following the Pahalgam terror attack.

Nilambur bypoll: How Anvar, once Kerala’s richest MLA, is adding twist to crucial LDF-UDF contest

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Anvar was LDF-backed Independent MLA from Nilambur from 2016 until last yr. He joined TMC in January, offered Congress-led UDF support in crucial bypoll before retracting the offer.

2021 Bengal post-poll violence: Why SC cited ‘links to TMC’ while setting aside bail to 4 accused

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It directs trial court to expedite proceedings & try to conclude trial within six months from date of receipt of its order copy. Accused were given bail by Calcutta HC.

What went on behind the scenes as TMC named Abhishek Banerjee as its pick for anti-terror delegation

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TMC pulled out Yusuf Pathan, who defeated senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in 2024 LS polls, from delegation saying Centre should've consulted party before nominating its MP.
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