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Trinamool Congress (TMC)
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- Abbreviation TMC
- Founder Mamata Banerjee
- Founded 1 January 1998 (27 Years Ago) (1998-01-01)
- Headquarters 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700026
- Eci Status State Party
- Parliamentary Chairperson Sudip Bandyopadhyay
- Ideology Bengali Nationalism, Regionalism, Populism, Welfarism, Progressivism, Social Liberalism, Secularism
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) BIOGRAPHY
All India Trinamool Congress: A West Bengal Powerhouse Founded January 1, 1998, by Mamata Banerjee, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) emerged as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress. Quickly establishing itself in West Bengal's political landscape, the party's rise under Baner...
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS NEWS
PM Modi sounds poll bugle in West Bengal: ‘End TMC jungle raj, bring double-engine govt’
December 21, 2025 8:12 am
Addressing a gathering in Taherpur over the phone, as his helicopter was unable to land due to low visibility, Modi also accused the TMC of opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to protect “infiltrators”.
TMC MPs' Parliament sleepover against G RAM G Bill: Blankets, monkey caps to home food amid smog
December 20, 2025 1:26 am
TMC MPs, who spent the night at the stairs of old Parliament House amid banners and portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Tagore to protest replacement of MGNREGA, were later joined by other Oppn members
On Bengal visit eve, PM Modi flags ‘misgovernance in every sector' of state; Trinamool hits back
December 20, 2025 6:02 am
Modi to address rally in Nadia; unveil Rs 3,200 crore highway projects
West Bengal Sports Minister resigns over Messi event chaos: Who is Aroop Biswas?
December 17, 2025 1:34 pm
The Tollygunj MLA since 2006, Biswas and his brother Swaroop are the Trinamool Congress's links to the Bengali film and entertainment industry.
‘No relevance to us, they don’t bother about Bengal’: TMC raises pitch against proposed new rural job guarantees in VB G Ram G Bill
December 15, 2025 2:51 pm
The proposal is intended to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005
BJP MP's gaffe over Bengali freedom fighter gives TMC fresh ammo: Who was Matangini Hazra?
December 14, 2025 11:10 am
Seizing on Dinesh Sharma's remark in Parliament that Matangini Hazra had raised the Vande Mataram slogan “despite being a Muslim”, TMC called BJP “Bangla birodhi (anti-Bengali)” and “bahiragoto (outsiders)”
3 arrested for ‘assault’ on non-veg patty vendor during Gita Path event in Kolkata
December 11, 2025 6:35 pm
The incident had triggered a political debate, with the TMC and other Opposition parties accusing the BJP of trying to impose ‘mob-lynching culture’ and dictate the food habits of Bengalis
'Is there a political motive behind calling Bangla speakers infiltrators'?: TMC’s Sagarika Ghose raises plight of Bengal migrants in Parliament
December 11, 2025 1:11 pm
Sagarika Ghose specifically talked about Sunali Khatun, a pregnant migrant worker who was picked up by the Delhi Police from Rohini in June along with her husband and their eight-year-old son, and pushed into Bangladesh.
TMC's Gokhale seeks law to record judges’ oral observations in court, make them public
December 06, 2025 2:20 am
“...The government is a house of record. Everything gets documented in writing; even files have to have notations on them. Everything has to be recorded and is available under the RTI Act,” Gokhale told The Indian Express, adding, “It is the same with Parliament...”
BJP’s Bengal hurdle in numbers: Vote share up in seats with Muslim presence, but wins elusive
December 04, 2025 10:25 pm
The party will look to better its 2019 Lok Sabha election record when it led in 42 of the 174 Assembly segments that have at least 15% Muslim electorate.
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS PHOTOS
CBI probe on, school job aspirants hold protest in Kolkata
December 19, 2022 10:56 pm
Nine organisations of agitating job seekers and would-be-teachers in government schools organised a joint rally in Kolkata on Monday to assert their demands amidst CBI probe in school jobs scam.
'No Vote to BJP' rally in West Bengal
March 10, 2021 11:37 pm
After Modi's Visva-Bharati address, Mamata's show of strength at Santiniketan
December 29, 2020 7:34 pm
Mamata Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, branded Visva-Bharati VC Bidyut Chakrabarty as a "BJP man", and said that he plans to destroy the rich heritage of the hallowed institution by "importing divisive and communal politics inside its campus".
Amid BJP-TMC war of words, Amit Shah's show of strength in Bengal
December 21, 2020 12:57 am
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah Sunday held a roadshow in Bolpur area of Birbhum district in West Bengal.
Rainbow of colours in Lok Sabha election campaign
March 18, 2019 8:49 am
The Election Commission of India announced that the general elections will be held in seven phases across India starting April 11 and the results will be announced on May 23
Darjeeling turns into war zone as GJM steps up agitation for separate 'Gorkhaland' state
June 17, 2017 6:50 pm
On the third day of the indefinite strike, Darjeeling and the surrounding hills in northern Bengal turned into a war zone.
Bengal civic polls: Trinamool Congress shows its grip on state with clean sweep
October 10, 2015 10:20 pm
The victories reiterate the Trinamool Congress’ continuing hold over urban electorate.
TMC candidate Baichung Bhutia campaigns in Darjeeling
March 29, 2014 10:20 am
Baichung Bhutia has been fielded by Trinamool Congress from the high-strung Darjeeling seat.
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS VIDEOS
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay In CBI Custody, To Be Produced In Court Today
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
No one is safe in West Bengal: Rajnath Singh
January 21, 2016 12:02 pm
Barasat (WB) Jan 21 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday addressed a rally at Barasat in West Bengal. Addressing the rally, he said no one is safe in West Bengal. The Malda incident was not a small incident and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should consider the matter seriously. They should make it clear that who was responsible for the incident.
BJP, RSS is trying to polarise electorate in WB: Derek O'Brien
January 17, 2016 9:53 am
Kolkata, Jan 17 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Sunday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over dirty communal politics and their attempt to polarise the electorate. He added that the BJP was trying to change the narrative of development in West Bengal, but he was sure that the people in the state would give them a befitting answer.
TMC should stop taking advantage of communal tensions: Naqvi
January 17, 2016 7:25 am
New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after posters praising West Bengal were seen in New Delhi on Sunday. He said that instead of pasting posters in the national capital, Trinamool Congress (TMC) should paste them in Malda or in places where communal clashes are taking place. He added that TMC should stop taking advantage of communal tensions.
Malda incident will backfire on Mamata Govt.: Naqvi
January 14, 2016 7:58 am
New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that the communal card would no longer help the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the upcoming polls in West Bengal, adding that the Malda incident will backfire on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee government.
Idris Ali's statement is 'publicity stunt': BJP
January 06, 2016 11:43 am
New Delhi 06 Jan (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rahul Sinha on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Idris Ali's statement is a publicity stunt. The leader was confident that if investigated, there will be links of Idris with terrorist outfits functioning outside India. The National Secretary of BJP also demanded an apology either from the TMC party or from its leader.
Idris Ali is 'mentally sick': BJP
January 06, 2016 9:12 am
New Delhi, Jan 06 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday countered Trinamool Congress leader Idris Ali's statement and said that he is mentally sick. He described the speech as means to disturb the peace of the society. Idris had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having links with terrorists in regard to the recent Pathankot terror attack.
