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.
May 23 decided who was a better street fighter.
Sorry you have been proved wrong today. People of West Bengal want t BJP not TMC.
Is the writer justifying the fascist actions of mamta banerjee? Apparently this term seems to be reserved only when modi is in question.
A very well written article. Mamata Banerjee knows politics very well. She may not be the PM but will influence in making of next PM because no party will get majority.
A part of CPIM is joing BJP in the state, but TMC voters is skeptical choosing Modi over Mamata as he doesn’t know anything about Bengal nor does the BJP party.
Bengali people are not that happy with Mamata but they don’t have alternatives. Aam admi party should seriously take Bengal as their next target as we(Bengali) are looking for better government. I think Mr. Kejriwal would be happy to take oath as Bengal’s CM 😉 then he will have his own police and a full state 😉
It is a biased arricle. MB has met an equal of not strong competition in BJP. She dealt very well with soft characters like abvp and lka. Modi is a street fighter as much as MB. Let us wait for the results to see who has effectively influenced the voters.
A good write up on Ms.Mamata banerjee.Those who has watched recent events like sitting Dharna in Police Commissioner’s house to protect him etc.shows that she has not come out of her role as an agitator.
Saviour of democracy you bet!!
That is why people who decided to contest in panchayat elections against TMC were found hung from trees in their villages.
Sound hagiographical ? You bet.
Ek kudrat ka karishma hai. Raw courage, the energy – sometimes the violence – of the street is part of her mystique. A woman of substance. Great pity the Congress – increasingly filled with senior folk most comfortable attending tea parties – could not retain her. If you were a head hunter, tasked to select the next CEO, had two CVs on the table – RG and MB – which would you pick …
“Ek kudrat ka karishma hai. Raw courage, the energy – sometimes the violence – of the street is part of her mystique” that sounds like Dawood dada.. A woman of substance ? If you think Dawood Ibrahim as man of substance.
The only reason why the rogue Bengal cm is in good books is because she is leftist. Otherwise she would have been made an untouchable like Modi
This article is a propaganda for MB.