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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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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.

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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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When Xi-mojis slide into your DMs & Trinamool ka Ooltah Chashmah

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Congress MP urges TMC to hold all-party meeting to tackle unrest in Bengal’s Murshidabad

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Isha Khan Choudhury is the MP of Maldaha Dakshin constituency, a part of which is Murshidabad district’s Samserganj segment, one of the worst-hit areas by the violence.

Mamata Banerjee is losing her iron grip. That’s what TMC infighting shows

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The TMC has had its set of skirmishes, but it has managed to put up a united front. That image has been damaged, especially in INDIA, and the BJP is making the most of it.
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