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.
What about crores of Bangladeshi infiltrators, who were supported by CPI(M) for coming in border districts and getting settled in India?
Why Sekhar did not touch this issue? This is a serious problem in Bengal!
One community leader and one political commentator’s opinions do not reflect the attitude of a whole community. The Muslim community of West Bengal are vastly different motives in voting preference like any other Indian. But in this election there is a new trend which shows that Hindu community voters of different political parties are now jointly backing the BJP to defeat TMC.
I think those who can/do read this article, would hardly be aligned to such mentality and level of this write up.
Why always categorizing people of this particular religion? Why not think about all the people of the country and their future?
You know, because of this pin-pointing and in trying to win the heart of the people following a particular religion, you all are ending up polarizing. And this is all the more why the rests are supporting the other party. That is anti-polarization. Now you don’t blame them for polarization, on top of this.
Will this not give rise to communal sentiments ? Such articles are a disgrace to journalism. Votes should be cast on individuality not because you are a muslim or hindu. Sick-ular media brainwashing at its best.
This is what describes Shekhar Gupta’s favorite polarization breast beating pontification.
Coincidentally I am reading this article in Baroda, after having a Gujarati thali lunch. In this Hindu owned restaurant in Modi’s Gujarat, the waiter who served me is from West Bengal. The owner of the restaurant told me that the vast majority of his waiters are from West Bengal. And by the way, the name of my waiter was Sheikh Karimuddin. Obviously he has chosen to leave Bengal and work in Baroda on his free will. Every Muslim in India needs to decide what is right for him/ her and not get influenced by community leaders and pseudo secularists, who want to brainwash them.
Well said.
Jaan hai, toh Jahaan hai …