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Born 07 November 1987
Age 37
Birth Place Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Profession Politician
Political Party Trinamool Congress
In Office West Bengal State President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress 5 June 2015 - 5 June 2021

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Abhishek Banerjee BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 02 Feb 2025

Though Abhishek Banerjee has been the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s de facto number two for a few years now and has a major say in state politics, there is now a concerted attempt to raise his national profile. From accompanying Mamata Banerjee to Opposition unity meetings and being made the TMC’s ...representative in the INDIA alliance’s coordination committee to the Delhi protests over frozen Central funds, the Diamond Harbour MP is trying to burnish his credentials as a national-level leader. Abhishek has been a parliamentarian since 2014 but his actual rise within the TMC began after the party’s underwhelming performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when its tally of parliamentary seats reduced from 34 to 22 and the BJP recorded its best-ever show in the parliamentary elections in Bengal. The win in the 2021 Assembly elections marked a shift in Abhishek’s rise as his grip on the state Cabinet solidified and Mamata put him in charge of the party’s national expansion plans, among the first indications of her nephew’s increasing hold on the party. The TMC attempted to establish itself in states such as Goa, Meghalaya, and Tripura ahead of the Assembly elections there — and even tried to put down roots in Assam — but the exercise ended in failure. Abhishek’s rise has caused friction within the party, with the TMC old guard, including the likes of Firhad Hakim and Kalyan Bandopadhyay, unhappy about it. But that Mamata’s nephew is her heir apparent is seen as inevitable in TMC circles. This year, his statewide yatra to rejuvenate the party’s grassroots support and role in candidate selection were attributed as reasons for the panchayat poll success in June. With the TMC raising the pitch over the past few months over frozen Central funds — something the party alleges the BJP-led government is doing in retaliation for losing several consecutive elections in the state — it was Abhishek who first issued the call for the Delhi campaign. At the party’s July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally, he took aim at the Centre, saying, “Our next movement will be in Delhi, outside Krishi Bhavan. We will all fight shoulder to shoulder.” Abhishek registered a landslide victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha election as he received over 10 lakh votes and defeated his nearest opponent by over 7 lakh votes.

Abhishek Banerjee PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse	Rujira Banerjee
Education	Indian Institute of Planning and Management (BBA, MBA)

POSITIONS HELD BY Abhishek Banerjee

Position	Tenure
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	18 May 2014 - 24 May 2019
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha	30 May 2019 - Present
Member of the 18th Lok Sabha	N/A

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ABHISHEK BANERJEE NEWS

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TMC LS list likely today: Hit for sitting MPs, miss for star names?

March 11, 2024 8:45 am

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is likely to announce nominees for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, party leaders said.

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Abhishek: TMC’s ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ marks protest against Centre for blocking state funds

February 27, 2024 8:31 am

The TMC will be organising a rally at the iconic Brigade Ground after five years. he CPI(M) organised the last mega rally at the Brigade Ground in January.

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Sandeshkhali unrest: TMC's Shahjahan on the run, Abhishek Banerjee says ‘court has tied cops hands’

February 27, 2024 8:31 am

The ED officials were attacked on January 5. Sheikh had been on the run since then. He countered Opposition parties’ claims that the TMC was shielding Sheikh and criticised the BJP for trying to “stoke a fire” in Bengal and “create unrest”.

No time to waste, hit the streets against BJP: Abhishek Banerjee to TMC leaders

February 16, 2024 11:03 pm

Criticising the BJP-led Centre for blocking the state's funds under various welfare schemes, Abhishek said that for the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling party's slogan should be 'Zamindari hotao, Bangla Bachao' (Remove zamindari and save Bengal)

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SC no to notice on TMC MP’s plea against HC judge

February 10, 2024 7:58 am

The court said it will tag the plea with the medical admissions scam matter, being heard by a five-judge bench headed by CJI Chandrachud, which it had transferred to itself from the HC.

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TMC cites Assam poll result for dig at Cong: 'Their seat aspirations like aiming for the stars'

January 15, 2024 2:26 am

While both TMC, Cong drew a blank in North Cachar Council polls, Abhishek Banerjee notes that TMC got more votes to suggest its INDIA partner moderate its seat demands

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Abhishek Banerjee's age-cap pitch turns spotlight on TMC's new vs old guard tug of war again

January 03, 2024 2:19 am

But this is not the first time that Banerjee, who apart from flagging the need for 'one person one post' in the party, raised the issue as he did so during the 2021 Assembly elections as well as ahead of the local bodies and panchayat polls in West Bengal.