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.
Mr. Roy Barman seems to be living in an alternate universe.
TMC MPs are publicly fighting and insulting each other. Holding press conferences and taking potshots at their own party members. Yet the journalist tried to paint the TMC in a very positive light. Seems like a rather lame attempt at spinning a narrative.
The Print has been conspicuous in it’s obstinate refusal to criticise the Mamata Banerjee administration. Every week throws up some scam or the other in Bengal. Most people believe that the TMC is currently the most corrupt political party in the nation. Yet The Print simply refuses to report on such cases. It, quite deliberately, underplayed the Supreme Court verdict which upheld the Calcutta High Court order in the WBSSC teacher’s appointment scam.
It’s quite clear that there are “journalists” like Ms. Sagarika Ghose at The Print, eagerly waiting for a Rajya Sabha ticket from the TMC.
The only effective intervention from the Opposition benches was made by Dr. Shashi Tharoor. His speech was the only one which stood out.
The Congress would do well to appoint him as the Leader of the Opposition.