35-501: AITC may refer to: All India Trinamool Congress , a political party in West Bengal, India Allyl isothiocyanate , an organosulfur compound Australian Industry Trade College , Queensland, Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AITC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
70-550: A by-election in Basirhat and two Congress MLAs switched to the TMC, giving it a total of 187 seats. Banerjee, an MP at the time, had not contested the election and had to transfer to the safe seat of Bhabanipur . On 18 September 2012, Banerjee announced her decision to withdraw support to the UPA after the TMC's demands to undo government-instituted changes including FDI in retail, increase in
105-625: A new movement. Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) leader Nanda Patra led the movement. The events led to a significant backlash against the CPI(M) government, and were a major factor in the TMC's success in the elections that followed. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election , TMC won 19 seats in West Bengal , in alliance with the Congress . They subsequently became a part of Manmohan Singh 's government , with Banerjee serving as Minister of Railways . In
140-540: A three-time MP from Darbhanga and Pavan Varma , a former adviser to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar , joined TMC. With the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election approaching, the work of organising the party started from September 2021. The work began with the participation of seven-time Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro . Since then, the party has increased its membership in Goa. Former footballer Denzil Franco and former tennis player Leander Paes were among those who joined
175-632: Is Shamsu Payaningal. The party is active in all political spheres of the state of Kerala. The Trinamool Congress is aligned with the India Front but is not part of the UDF or the LDF in the state. In the 2012 assembly elections of Manipur , the party won eight seats and got 10% of the total votes. It became the only opposition party in the Manipur Legislative Assembly . In the 2017 assembly elections,
210-773: Is a list of the official state, territorial and regional committees of the All India Trinamool Congress. This is a list of chairpersons of the All India Trinamool Congress . 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee CPI(M) Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to
245-541: Is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal . It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently, it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after
280-535: The 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , and subsequently left the NDA. In December 2006, the people of Nandigram were given notice by Haldia Development Authority that a major portion of Nandigram would be seized and 70,000 people be evicted from their homes to make way for a chemical plant. People started movement against this land acquisition and the TMC helped lead the movement. The Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee ('Committee against Land Evictions'; BUPC)
315-532: The BJP and INC . The party won a historic victory in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election by defeating the 34-year-long Left Front rule, world's longest democratically elected communist government. It has won a three-time majority in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and has been the ruling party in West Bengal since 20 May 2011. AITC is led by Mamata Banerjee as the chairperson of
350-534: The Election Commission recognised TMC as a national political party. The party was reelected in the 2016 election to a supermajority government, and Banerjee continued as chief minister. The party won the most seats in West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election , but suffered significant losses to the Bharatiya Janata Party , which for the first time established itself as a major force in
385-696: The Government in Tripura . Later in the presence of Himanta Biswa Sarma and Dharmendra Pradhan , Barman defected to the BJP along with all of the other TMC MLAs of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after they cross-voted against party lines in the 2017 Indian presidential election . TMC won one seat in Ambassa Municipal council in the 2021 Tripura civic polls despite widespread violence. TMC emerged as
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#1732855864629420-606: The Tura constituency by a huge margin in the 2004 Lok Sabha election. The party's Meghalaya unit was launched in 2021. On 24 November 2021, former Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma along with other 11 MLAs of INC joined TMC which made TMC the largest opposition party in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly . On 29 November, Charles Pyngrope was appointed as the president of AITC Meghalaya unit. In 2022, one defected MLA who has earlier switched from INC quit
455-461: The electronic voting machines , all the results were out by the end of the day. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) -led Left Front won the election with an overwhelming majority. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee , completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front had been ruling
490-554: The 2010 Kolkata municipal election, the party won 97 out of 141 seats. It also won a majority of other municipalities. In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , the TMC-led alliance that included the INC and SUCI(C) won 227 seats in the 294-seat legislature, defeating the incumbent Left Front government which had been in power for 34 years. TMC alone won 184 seats, enabling it to govern without an alliance. Subsequently, it won
525-552: The BJP. Despite the large winning margin, Banerjee was defeated by Adhikari in the Nandigram seat , where she had transferred to fight Adhikari head-on. In the 2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election , Trinamool Congress won five seats and got 15.04% of the total votes. In 2020, an independent MLA Chakat Aboh joined the TMC. In the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Jamal Uddin Ahmed won Badarpur constituency . He
560-682: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections. The party initially joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), as part of the Vajpayee government , and was initially quite successful, winning seven seats in its first election in 1998 . In the 2001 Vidhan Sabha elections, the TMC won 60 seats in alliance with the INC, becoming the principal opposition party. They suffered big losses in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections and
595-856: The Trinamool Congress in August 2021. She is now an MP of Rajya Sabha. Later in 2022, former Rajya Sabha MP from Congress , Mr Ripun Bora joined AITC and was named the President of its Assam Unit. Leading to the joining many prominent local leaders joined the party strengthening its grassroot workers level. The Trinamool Congress released a list of candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Assam in 2024. TMC's list of candidates includes Gauri Shankar Sarania from Kokrajhar (ST), Abdul Kalam Azad from Barpeta seat, Ghana Kanta Chutia from Lakhimpur seat, and Radheshyam Biswas from Silchar (SC). On 23 November 2021 Kirti Azad ,
630-579: The Trinamool Congress presence known in Kerala, although it failed to garner significant votes. In the 2016 state election, TMC contested in 70 assembly constituencies but due to technical errors, the party symbol was not accepted. District Committees in all 14 districts of Kerala. Constituency Committees in 95 constituencies out of 140 constituencies. Kerala Pradesh Trinamool Congress also has a 59-member state working committee. Kerala Pradesh trinamool Congress State President Dr. Harish Palathingal.The working president
665-601: The grandson and the great-grandson of former UP Chief Minister Kamalapati Tripathi , joined the AITC in the presence of Mamata Banerjee. Presidential election results The party name and election symbol represents 'grassroots'– the name contains the Bengali word trinamool , which literally means grassroots, and the symbol is a sapling emerging from the ground. The symbol is known as Jora Ghas Phul (Bengali: grass and flower; two flowers with grass). The usage of "All India" in
700-465: The leadership of Jagat Singh. After that, during the assembly elections, it was decided that they would field candidates for 20 constituencies on behalf of the party. The party, however, did not gain any seats in Punjab in that election. After that the party's organisational work in Punjab almost completely stopped. From 2019, the party started a new committee under the leadership of Manjit Singh . Since then,
735-579: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AITC&oldid=1201928250 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages All India Trinamool Congress Electoral Performance Early Political Movements [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The All India Trinamool Congress ( transl. All India Grassroots Congress ; abbr. AITC )
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#1732855864629770-464: The party and joined BJP. In the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election , the Trinamool Congress led by Mukul Sangma contested 56 of the 60 seats and won five seats and received 13.32% of the votes; as such, it became a State Party. In 2023, an independent MLA Dr. K Beichhua joined the TMC. Shortly before the Assembly elections in 2017, the party started working on the Punjab organisation under
805-473: The party has had a continuous presence in Punjab. Under the leadership of Sudip Roy Barman , former leader of opposition and then MLA of Tripura , all six MLAs of the Indian National Congress defected to the TMC in 2016, along with many ex-ministers, former MLAs, senior state and district level leaders, in addition to thousands of party workers and supporters, to fight CPI(M), who were running
840-411: The party name represents the rejection of "elitist" Indian National Congress from which it broke apart from. Ma Mati Manush ( Bengali : মা মাটি মানুষ ) was primarily a slogan, coined by Mamata Banerjee . The term is literally translated as "Mother, Motherland and People". The slogan became very popular in West Bengal at the time of the 2011 assembly election. Mamata Banerjee wrote a Bengali book with
875-556: The party won only one seat (from Thanga ) and received 5.4% of the total votes cast in the elections. Its lone member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, Tongbram Robindro Singh, switched to the BJP government in Manipur in 2017. As of 18 June 2020, he has withdrawn support from the BJP, following the disqualification of seven of its members, to support the Indian National Congress . TMC candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won
910-443: The party. After being a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) for over 26 years, Mamata Banerjee quit the INC and established the TMC in 1998. The official election symbol of the TMC is Jora Ghas Phul (two flowers with grass). In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, TMC won seven seats. In the next Lok Sabha election that was held in 1999, Trinamool Congress won eight seats with BJP, thus increasing its tally by one. In 2000, TMC won
945-517: The party. On 13 November 2021, Mahua Moitra was appointed as the in-charge of the party in Goa to prepare it to contest in the Assembly election. MLA Churchill Alemao joined TMC in the same year. In the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election , it got 5.2% votes. Later its party President and many leaders left the party. Samil Volavaiker was appointed the President in 2023. On 23 November 2021 Ashok Tanwar , former president of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee , joined TMC. Sukhendu Shekhar Roy
980-406: The price of diesel and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders for households, were not met. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw the TMC dominate the state, winning 34 out of the 42 seats. It also qualified for national party status, as the TMC had received 6% of the vote from five different states ( West Bengal , Manipur , Tripura , Jharkhand and Assam ). On 2 September 2016,
1015-418: The same title. A song was also recorded with the same title. The slogan Joy Bangla is also officially used by Mamata Banerjee and by her party Trinamool Congress as part of attempt to create a territorial and ethnolinguistic identity for Bengalis in India. It is used in particular, as a closing remark for political speeches. In the 2021 assembly election, the party used a song " Khela Hobe " across
1050-670: The second largest party in terms of vote-share in the 120 seats it contested out of 334 seats as it garnered 19.9% of the votes in those seats. The party's state unit in Uttar Pradesh was set up in 2005. In 2012, Shyam Sunder Sharma contested the by-poll to Mant constituency and won on an AITC ticket. He later defected to BSP . Neeraj Rai is the current president of AITC 's state unit in Uttar Pradesh. In October 2021, two senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh – Rajeshpati Tripathi and Laliteshpati Tripathi, who are
1085-407: The state. After the election, the party's status came under revision by the Election Commission of India , due to a loss in presence in most states outside West Bengal. Banerjee's government was reelected again in the 2021 state election by an unexpectedly large margin over the BJP. Prior to the election, several high-profile TMC members such as Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari had defected to
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1120-483: The state. The song was penned by Debangshu Bhattacharya, a party youth wing member. The " Khela Hobe " term has been used across India by several opposition parties and to catalyse the movements against the establishment on multiple issues throughout the nation. The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee. The party's executive committee is the National Working Committee . This
1155-452: Was a Trinamool Congress candidate. Since then, the party has not emphasised on any other organisation. Later in 2018, the work of the organisation started again under the leadership of M. Shanti Kumar Singha. In the 2021 assembly elections, it was decided to field candidates from 14 constituencies on behalf of the party. All-India president of Congress 's women's wing and its national spokesperson and former Silchar MP Sushmita Dev joined
1190-533: Was appointed as in-charge of the party's Haryana unit on 25 November. Kerala Pradesh Trinamool Congress was launched in 2009. In 2014, its candidates contested five seats under the party symbol in the parliamentary election. Leaders like Mukul Roy, Derek O'Brien, Mahua Moitra and Nadimul Haque visited Kerala and gave directions for further development in the party's activities. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress candidates contested from five parliamentary constituencies. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections made
1225-536: Was formed to protest against the eviction. On 14 March 2007, the police opened fire and killed 14 villagers and many more went missing. Many sources claimed (and which was supported by the Central Bureau of Investigation in its report) that armed Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres, along with police, fired on protesters in Nandigram Many intellectuals protested in the streets and this incident gave birth to
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