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Topic: Trinamool Congress

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.

Mamata promises Goa ‘Navi Sakal’ in 2022 as Trinamool goes all-out for poll debut in state

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Trinamool will contest all 40 Goa assembly seats alone in next year's election & party leaders and strategist Prashant Kishor's I-PAC are already camping in the state to prepare for it.

BJP drags Bangladesh, Kashmir, Taliban into Bengal bypolls, TMC says communalisation won’t work

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Four West Bengal constituencies — Shantipur in Nadia district, Dinhata in Coochbehar district, Khardah in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South 24 Praganas — will vote on 30 October.

Mamata & Governor keep it civil in public, but letters show sparring is still on

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Letters exchanged between governor and chief minister this week deal with Dhankhar’s concerns regarding violence that followed West Bengal assembly elections earlier this year.

No Modi speech, no slogans, muted participation: It’s a quiet Durga Puja for BJP in Bengal

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Last year, before Bengal elections, BJP participated in Durga Puja festivities with fanfare. This time, leaders claim they’re lying low because of Trinamool ‘intimidation’.

To ally with Pradyot Debbarma or not, that’s Trinamool’s big dilemma as it targets Tripura

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Trinamool is worried an alliance with Debbarma's tribal-oriented TIPRA Motha could end up alienating Bengalis, whose support for Mamata is its primary hope in Tripura.

Farmer mowed down by SUV, Durga in detention camp: Politics is prime Pujo theme in Kolkata

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Since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, the party has been known to dominate and influence Durga Puja committees, with a tight control and command structure.

As Congress units collapse, TMC fishes in troubled waters, gets feelers from G-23 leaders

Madhuparna Das -
The Trinamool Congress, which has been inducting senior Congress leaders, says it is only looking to retain its ‘national party’ status. 

Trinamool won’t be ‘sitting ducks’, Abhishek Banerjee says as Goa Congress MLA joins party

Madhuparna Das -
MLA and former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro was inducted into Trinamool Wednesday. At the event, Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee criticises Congress for 'letting BJP win'.

Before CBI probe into West Bengal violence, let’s define the ‘post-poll’ period

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'Post-poll'? Political violence in West Bengal is too intrinsic to admit legal categories.

BJP workers regaining confidence, ready to fight ‘Taliban Trinamool’, new Bengal chief says

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In interview with ThePrint, Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar insists his party’s assembly poll defeat cannot be seen as a humiliating one, says his priority is 2024 polls. 
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