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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

TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee

'Dissolve Lok Sabha, conduct fresh elections’: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee amid alleged voter list irregularities

August 12, 2025 11:49 am

'If needed, I will resign,' he said at the Kolkata airport on Tuesday

Bengal: Abhishek slams poll panel, vows to fight against SIR

August 09, 2025 5:24 am

Banerjee drew attention to the Congress's own example of discrepancies in the Mahadevpura Assembly Constituency, suggesting that strong action should be taken against the former officials responsible

Abhishek replaces veteran MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, who has been unwell, as the TMC's parliamentary party leader.

Behind the TMC shake-up: Amid Mahua-Kalyan feud, Mamata tasks Abhishek with keeping party MPs in line

August 05, 2025 12:08 pm

After Bengal CM says two to three MPs are bringing TMC “into disrepute”, hints Kalyan failed to coordinate with MPs, he quits as Chief Whip but says Abhishek has asked him to stay on

‘Those who criticised Mamata Banerjee, were awarded’: TMC MP amid feud with Mahua as Abhishek Banerjee heads party in Parliament

August 05, 2025 10:56 am

The TMC chief’s comments came as a feud between MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra erupted again, months after they were involved in an altercation on the Election Commission office premises in Delhi.

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Martyrs’ Day Rally: Abhishek sets poll tone: ‘BJP forced to chant Joy Bangla, now lotus will be uprooted from Bengal’

July 22, 2025 3:21 pm

TMC No.2 hits out at BJP for ‘anti-Bengal’ agenda, urges people, his MPs to speak Bengali more’

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BJP will be reduced to under 50 seats in Assembly polls: Abhishek Banerjee

June 26, 2025 5:26 am

Accuses the BJP of branding all its critics as ‘anti-national’

'He praised govt abroad’: After Abhishek Banerjee’s criticism, members in his delegation question ‘U-turn’

June 18, 2025 11:02 am

JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha, who led the delegation the TMC leader was part of, expresses surprise; Salman Khurshid says wise for those who were part of the outreach to not say anything

Stolen: The rare Hindi movie that isn't afraid to insult its own audience, and you know what, we deserve it

June 07, 2025 9:00 am

Post Credits Scene: In the eternal words of Taylor Swift, "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me." This may as well be the soundtrack to Karan Tejpal's debut feature, Stolen.

Abhishek Banerjee’s Stolen is a self-reflective thriller that strips the urban saviour trope down to its vanities

June 06, 2025 7:59 am

Stolen turns its gaze on the conceit of liberal righteousness: the kind that treats marginalisation not as lived reality but as an aesthetic. It indicts the impulse to convert another’s suffering into one’s own moral reckoning.

Stolen movie review: Abhishek Banerjee's thriller is narrow, and not as impactful as it wants to be

June 05, 2025 12:19 pm

Stolen movie review: While everything in Abhishek Banerjee's new film is clearly geared towards making the proceedings urgent, that crucial sense of urgency comes through only sporadically.