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Trinamool Congress (TMC)

Trinamool Congress (TMC)
  • 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.

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