Trinamool Congress

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.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the 13th Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India}} In 2000, TMC won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections.{{cite news|date=13 May 2011|title=The fall and rise of Trinamool Congress|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/the-fall-and-rise-of-trinamool-congress/|access-date=11 December 2021|work=The Indian Express}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the 12th Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India}}{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/trinamool-congress-chief-mamata-banerjee-a-profile/1/138015.html |title=Mamata, the street-fighting politician and Left nemesis |work=India Today |date=13 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518043559/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/trinamool-congress-chief-mamata-banerjee-a-profile/1/138015.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 }} In the 2001 Vidhan Sabha elections, the TMC won 60 seats in alliance with the INC, becoming the principal opposition party.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf|title=Key Highlights of General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India}} They suffered big losses in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India}} and the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election,{{cite news |date=14 May 2004 |title=Why did the NDA lose West Bengal? |website=Rediff |agency=PTI |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14mamata.htm|access-date=28 December 2020}} and subsequently left the NDA.

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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.{{cite news|url=http://www.iacboston.org/india/1207-nandigram-says-no.html|work=International Action Center – Boston|title=Nandigram says 'No!' to Dow's chemical hub|date=December 2007|access-date=27 December 2009|archive-date=6 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706032521/http://www.iacboston.org/india/1207-nandigram-says-no.html|url-status=dead}} People started movement against this land acquisition and the TMC helped lead the movement. The Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee ('Committee against Land Evictions'; BUPC) 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{{cite web|last=Sarin|first=Ritu|date=19 December 2007|title=CPM cadres joined cops to fire, now beating up witnesses: CBI|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cpm-cadres-joined-cops-to-fire-now-beating-up-witnesses-cbi/251917/0 |access-date=4 December 2021|newspaper=Indian Express}} Many intellectuals protested in the streets and this incident gave birth to 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.{{Cite news |last=Bhaumik |first=Subir |date=13 May 2011 |title=Defeat rocks India's elected communists – Features |work=Al Jazeera English |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011513143311330487.html |url-status=dead |access-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005063541/http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011513143311330487.html |archive-date=5 October 2011}}

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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 the 2010 Kolkata municipal election, the party won 97 out of 141 seats. It also won a majority of other municipalities.{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-wins-bengal-civic-polls-demands-early-elections-419690|title=Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections|work=NDTV|date=2 June 2010}}

File:Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7542 Cropped.JPG, Chief Minister of West Bengal and chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress]]

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.{{cite web|work=Forbes|title=The Anti-Communist of West Bengal|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/04/14/forbes-india-trinamool-congress-didi-banerjee-at-gates.html#4b8299546c90|access-date=18 April 2011}}{{Cite journal|last=Bardhan|first=Pranab|date=11 February 2012|title=Why the Left Front Lost West Bengal: Poor Governance or Enhanced Accountability Standards?|url=https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bardhan-Et-Al-2012-Working-Paper.pdf|journal=International Growth Centre|volume=1|pages=41}}{{Cite news|date=13 May 2011|title=Mamata ends 34-year-old Left Front rule in Bengal|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/mamata-ends-34-year-old-left-front-rule-in-bengal/article23047550.ece|access-date=13 May 2011}} TMC alone won 184 seats, enabling it to govern without an alliance. Subsequently, it won 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.{{cite web|date=28 September 2011|title=Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/mamata-banerjee-wins-assembly-bypoll_591641.html |access-date=28 September 2011|website=Moneycontrol}}

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 the price of diesel and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders for households, were not met.{{cite web|title=Rupee falls after TMC pulls out from government|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets-business/-1978325.html|publisher=Moneycontrol.com|date=20 September 2012}}{{cite web|title=Mamata Banerjee's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-banerjees-party-ready-to-meet-president-tomorrow-to-officially-quit-upa-499796|work=NDTV|date=20 September 2012}}

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).{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/statistical_reportge2014.aspx/ | website=Election Commission of India | title=Archive of General Election 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318025154/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/statistical_reportge2014.aspx/ | archive-date=18 March 2015}}{{Cite news|date=2 September 2016|title=Trinamool Congress recognised as national party|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|agency=PTI|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Trinamool-Congress-recognised-as-national-party/article14620149.ece|url-access=subscription|access-date=6 December 2021|issn=0971-751X|quote=It is a recognised State party in West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, satisfying one of the conditions of the Election Commission.}} On 2 September 2016, the Election Commission recognised TMC as a national political party.{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/trinamool-congress-tmc-national-party-status-election-commission-3010274/|title=Trinamool Congress gets national party status|newspaper=Indian Express|date=2 September 2016}}

The party was reelected in the 2016 election to a supermajority government, and Banerjee continued as chief minister.{{cite news|date=20 May 2016|title=West Bengal Election Results 2016: TMC storms back to power in Bengal, Cong-Left alliance loses|newspaper=The Financial Express|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-election-results-2016-counting-begins-for-294-assembly-seats/259295/}}

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 the state.{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Pratim Ranjan|date=23 May 2019|title=Election results 2019: Bengal votes for the BJP, breaks many stereotypes|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/election-results-2019-bengal-votes-for-the-bjpbreaks-many-stereotypes/article27216896.ece |access-date=6 December 2021|website=The Hindu BusinessLine}}{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Ahana|date=23 May 2019|title=WB Election Result Highlights: BJP creates history in Bengal|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/west-bengal-results-2019-live-updates-mamata-banerjee-tmc-narendra-modi-bjp-1558573084174.html |access-date=6 December 2021|website=Livemint}} 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.{{cite news |url =https://www.news18.com/news/politics/how-have-trinamool-cpi-ncp-failed-to-meet-national-party-status-while-npp-makes-it-an-explainer-2239173.html|title =Why Did TMC, CPI, NCP Fail to Meet National Party Status When NPP Made It? An Explainer|publisher =Network 18|quote =Due to several political developments over the past few years, the EC wants the three political parties to respond on why their 'national party' status should not be taken away.|location =Kolkata|date =20 July 2019|website =News18.com|author =Sujit Nath|access-date =11 May 2020}}

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 the BJP. Despite the large winning margin, Banerjee was defeated by Adhikari in the Nandigram seat,{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|access-date=2 May 2021|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503202328/https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|url-status=dead}} where she had transferred to fight Adhikari head-on.{{cite news|last1=Ellis-Petersen|first1=Hannah|last2=Rahman|first2=Shaikh Azizur|date=26 March 2021|title='India's soul at stake': Bengalis vote in divisive election|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/india-soul-at-stake-west-bengalis-vote-in-divisive-election-modi-bjp}}

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 was a Trinamool Congress candidate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/2001-election-results.html|title=Assam Assembly Election Results in 2001|website=www.elections.in}} Since then, the party has not emphasised on any other organisation.{{Incomprehensible inline|date=November 2021}} 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 the Trinamool Congress in August 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sushmita-dev-former-congress-mp-joins-trinamool-as-mamata-expands-base-101629105024017.html|title=Sushmita Dev, former Congress MP, joins Trinamool as Mamata expands base|work=Hindustan Times|date=16 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).{{cite web | url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-tmc-mamata-banerjee-releases-list-of-4-candidates-from-assam-1672068 | title=Lok Sabha Elections: TMC Releases List of 4 Candidates from Assam | date=14 March 2024 }}

On 23 November 2021 Kirti Azad, a three-time MP from Darbhanga and Pavan Varma, a former adviser to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, joined TMC.{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Kirti Azad of Congress, Pavan Verma & Ashok Tanwar of JD(U) join TMC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kirti-azad-pavan-varma-and-ashok-tanwar-join-tmc/articleshow/87869529.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Congress leaders Kirti Azad and Ashok Tanwar and former JD(U) leader Pawan Verma join Trinamool Congress|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/congress-leaders-kirti-azad-and-ashok-tanwar-and-former-jdu-leader-pawan-verma-join-trinamool-congress/article37650343.ece|work=Frontline|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Kirti Azad, Ashok Tanwar and Pawan Varma join Trinamool Congress in presence of Mamata Banerjee in Delhi|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/kirti-azad-ashok-tanwar-and-pawan-varma-join-trinamool-congress-in-presence-of-mamata-banerjee-in-delhi|work=The Free Press Journal|access-date=1 December 2021}}

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 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.{{cite news |title=TMC appoints Mahua Moitra as party's Goa in-charge ahead of Assembly polls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/goa/trinamool-congress-mahua-moitra-goa-in-charge-assembly-polls-7621320/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 November 2021 |language=en}} MLA Churchill Alemao joined TMC in the same year.{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Goa: NCP's Churchill Alemao Announces Merger With TMC|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-goa-ncps-churchill-alemao-announces-merger-with-tmc/404880|work=Outlook India|access-date=13 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Churchill Alemao, sole NCP MLA in Goa, joins Trinamool on Mamata Banerjee's visit to state|url=https://theprint.in/politics/churchill-alemao-sole-ncp-mla-in-goa-joins-trinamool-on-mamata-banerjees-visit-to-state/780879/|work=The Print|access-date=13 December 2021}} 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 was appointed as in-charge of the party's Haryana unit on 25 November.{{cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=Sukhendu Sekhar Roy appointed Trinamool's Haryana unit in-charge|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/sukhendu-sekhar-roy-appointed-trinamools-haryana-unit-in-charge20211125230932|work=ANI|access-date=1 December 2021}}

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 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 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.{{cite web|date=5 August 2021|title=Kerala TMC: 'ভারত বাঁচাতে দিদিকে চাই,' বাম শাসিত কেরলে নতুন করে যাত্রা তৃণমূলের|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/nation/call-didi-save-india-poster-by-tmc-in-left-ruled-kerala_396667.html|work=Zee 24 Ghanta|language=bn|access-date=5 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=6 August 2021|title='ভারত বাঁচাতে দিদিকে চাই', Mamata Banerjee-র ছবি দেওয়া হোর্ডিং এবার কেরলে|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/india/call-didi-save-india-new-hording-seen-at-ernakulam-kerala-in-support-of-mamata-banerjee/|work=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn|access-date=5 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=7 August 2021|title='Call Didi, Save India': After Tamil Nadu, Mamata's Posters in Left Bastion Kerala|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/call-didi-save-india-after-tamil-nadu-now-kerala-mamatas-posters-spreading-fast-in-south-4056650.html|work=News18|access-date=5 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=7 August 2021|title="Call Didi Save India, Delhi Chalo" posters featuring Mamata Banerjee's face in Kerala|url=https://english.natungati.in/call-didi-save-india-delhi-chalo-posters-featuring-mamata-banerjees-face-in-kerala/|work=Natun Gati|access-date=5 December 2021}}

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.{{Cite web|date=17 August 2018|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3712-manipur-2012/ |access-date=29 November 2020|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}} In the 2017 assembly elections, the party won only one seat (from Thanga) and received 5.4% of the total votes cast in the elections.{{cite web |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/magazine/2019/gels/CEO%20Report%202019%20.pdf |title= Report – General Election to Lok Sabha, 2019|website=ceomanipur.nic.in |date= |author=Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur |access-date= 27 December 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|date=1 June 2020|title=Mess in Manipur|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/manipur-bjp-government-no-confidence-motion-congress-mlas-6465601/|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

TMC candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won the Tura constituency by a huge margin in the 2004 Lok Sabha election.

The party's Meghalaya unit was launched in 2021.{{Cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=Meghalaya: 12 of 17 Congress MLAs, Led By Ex CM Mukul Sangma, Jump Ship to TMC|url=https://thewire.in/politics/meghalaya-12-of-17-congress-mlas-led-by-ex-cm-mukul-sangma-jump-ship-to-tmc|work=The Wire|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|date=25 November 2021|title='Not Effective Opposition': Meghalaya MLAs On Why They Left Congress|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-effective-opposition-meghalaya-mlas-on-why-they-left-congress-joined-trinamool-congress-2624123|work=NDTV|access-date=25 November 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.{{Cite web|date=24 November 2021|title=Ex-Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma Joins TMC With 12 MLAs; Trinamool Now Main Oppn in State|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ex-meghalaya-cm-mukul-sangma-joins-tmc-with-12-mlas-trinamool-now-main-oppn-in-state-4483196.html|work=News18|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|date=24 November 2021|title=Meghalaya: In massive jolt to Congress, former CM Mukul Sangma, 11 other MLAs join TMC|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-meghalaya-cm-mukul-sangma-11-others-join-trinamool-congress-1880464-2021-11-24|work=India Today|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=Mukul Sangma, 11 Congress MLAs join Trinamool|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mukul-sangma-11-congress-mlas-join-trinamool/article37674046.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{cite web|date=26 November 2021|title=Congress mulls legal action as 12 MLAs join TMC, make it main opposition in Meghalaya|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shillong/congress-mulls-legal-action-as-12-mlas-join-tmc-make-it-main-opposition-in-meghalaya/articleshow/87919280.cms|access-date=29 November 2021|work=The Times of India}}

On 29 November, Charles Pyngrope was appointed as the president of AITC Meghalaya unit.{{cite web|date=30 November 2021|title=Charles Pyngrope appointed as Meghalaya TMC president|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/charles-pyngrope-appointed-as-meghalaya-tmc-president20211130071036|work=ANI|access-date=1 December 2021}}

In 2022, one defected MLA who has earlier switched from INC quit the party and joined BJP.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2022 |title=In Meghalaya ruling alliance slugfest, BJP draws first blood; takes in two NPP MLAs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/meghalaya-ruling-alliance-slugfest-bjp-takes-two-npp-mlas-8328224/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

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 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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} From 2019, the party started a new committee under the leadership of Manjit Singh. Since then, 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 the Government in Tripura.{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Six-Congress-MLAs-in-Tripura-join-Trinamool/articleshow/52637180.cms|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607125851/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Six-Congress-MLAs-in-Tripura-join-Trinamool/articleshow/52637180.cms|archivedate=2016-06-07|title=Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool|date=7 June 2016|website=Times of India}}{{POV statement|date=November 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/recognise-ex-tmc-mlas-as-bjp-members-in-tripura-bjp/|title=Recognise Ex-TMC MLAs as BJP Members in Tripura: BJP}}

TMC won one seat in Ambassa Municipal council in the 2021 Tripura civic polls despite widespread violence. TMC emerged as 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.{{Cite web|date=9 December 2021|title=Not BJP or TMC, the real story of Tripura's civic poll numbers was near-decimation of Congress|url=https://theprint.in/politics/not-bjp-or-tmc-the-real-story-of-tripuras-civic-poll-numbers-was-near-decimation-of-congress/778485/|work=The Print|access-date=13 December 2021}}

The party's state unit in Uttar Pradesh was set up in 2005.{{cite web|date=28 May 2021|title=TMC keen to join farmers' protest, eyes 2024 polls|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/National/2021/05/28144620/1297220/TMC-keen-to-join-farmers-protest-eyes-2024-polls.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130212848/https://www.dtnext.in/News/National/2021/05/28144620/1297220/TMC-keen-to-join-farmers-protest-eyes-2024-polls.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 November 2021|work=DTNext.in|access-date=1 December 2021}}

In 2012, Shyam Sunder Sharma contested the by-poll to Mant constituency and won on an AITC ticket.{{cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh 2012 – Uttar Pradesh – Election Commission of India|date=14 August 2018 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/|access-date=3 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Trinamool-Congress-to-expand-base-in-Uttar-Pradesh/articleshow/15534104.cms|title=Trinamool Congress to expand base in Uttar Pradesh|work=The Times of India| date=17 August 2012}}{{cite web|title=UP Election Assembly Results 2012 {{!}} Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 2012|url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2012-election-results.html|access-date=4 September 2021}} He later defected to BSP.{{cite web|date=4 January 2016|title=MLA SS Sharma charged with forgery, fraud|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/MLA-SS-Sharma-charged-with-forgery-fraud/articleshow/50443268.cms|work=The Times of India}}{{cite web|date=25 June 2016|title=Lone TMC MLA in UP joins BSP|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lone-tmc-mla-in-up-joins-bsp-116062500882_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=1 December 2021}}

Neeraj Rai is the current president of AITC 's state unit in Uttar Pradesh.{{cite web|date=31 March 2021|title=UP's Purvanchal has a key role to play in Bengal polls|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ups-purvanchal-has-a-key-role-to-play-in-bengal-polls/articleshow/81769237.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=Uttar Pradesh TMC to follow West Bengal model|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-tmc-to-follow-w-bengal-model/articleshow/83700999.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=14 August 2021|title=No Permission to Khela Hobe Diwas in Uttar Pradesh, Says TMC|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/no-permission-to-khela-hobe-diwas-in-uttar-pradesh-says-tmc-4083899.html|work=News18|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=12 September 2021|title=TMC and Samajwadi Party expected to form alliance for 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/tmc-and-samajwadi-party-expected-to-form-alliance-for-2022-assembly-polls-in-uttar-pradesh|work=The Free Press Journal|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web|date=14 October 2021|title=जब कोर्ट का डंडा चलता है,तब होती हैं कार्यवाही -नीरज राय|url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/trinamool-congress-state-president-neeraj-rai-held-a-press-conference-7122161/|work=Patrika|language=hi|access-date=1 December 2021}}

In October 2021, two senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh – Rajeshpati Tripathi and Laliteshpati Tripathi, who are the grandson and the great-grandson of former UP Chief Minister Kamalapati Tripathi, joined the AITC in the presence of Mamata Banerjee.{{Cite web|date=25 October 2021|title=Two UP Congress Leaders Join AITC In Mamata Banerjee's Presence|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/two-uttar-pradesh-congress-leaders-join-trinamool-congress-tmc-in-west-bengal-chief-minister-mamata-banerjees-presence-2587380|work=NDTV|access-date=27 October 2021}}{{Cite web|date=26 October 2021|title=UP 2022 Assembly polls: Ex-Congress leaders join TMC|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/up-2022-assembly-polls-ex-congress-leaders-join-tmc-7590745/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=27 October 2021}}{{Cite news|date=26 October 2021|title=নভেম্বরেই যোগীর গড়ে হানা মমতার {{!}} ইন্দিরা-ঘনিষ্ঠ কমলাপতি ত্রিপাঠির নাতির তৃণমূলে যোগ|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=14&nID=326148&P=1&nPID=20211026|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=27 October 2021}}{{Cite web|date=26 October 2021|title=UP Congress Leaders Join TMC, Mamata Says Will Visit Varanasi Soon|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/up-congress-leaders-join-tmc-mamata-says-will-visit-varanasi-soon-4364663.html|work=News18|access-date=27 October 2021}}

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{{Further|Ma Mati Manush|Joy Bangla|Khela Hobe}}

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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.{{Cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Jyotiprasad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-u9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT70|title=Left Front and After: Understanding the Dynamics of Poriborton in West Bengal|last2=Basu|first2=Suprio|date=7 January 2020|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5328-724-5|pages=70}} The symbol is known as Jora Ghas Phul (Bengali: grass and flower; two flowers with grass).{{Cite web|date=13 May 2011|title=The fall and rise of Trinamool Congress – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-fall-and-rise-of-trinamool-congress/790124/2 |access-date=6 December 2021|website=The Indian Express Archives}} The usage of "All India" in the party name represents the rejection of "elitist" Indian National Congress from which it broke apart from.

Ma Mati Manush ({{langx|bn|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 the same title.{{cite book|url=http://www.menakabooks.com/ameya-prakashan-books/421-maa-mati-manush-mamata-banerjee-suvarna-bedekar-ameya-prakashan-buy-online.html|title=Maa Mati Manush|publisher=Menaka Books|isbn=978-93-5080-024-9|language=Marathi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810120855/http://www.menakabooks.com/ameya-prakashan-books/421-maa-mati-manush-mamata-banerjee-suvarna-bedekar-ameya-prakashan-buy-online.html|archive-date=10 August 2020 |author=Mamata Banerjee |author2=Suvarna Bedekar |author3=Ameya Prakashan}} A song was also recorded with the same title.{{cite news|date=28 July 2011|title=Six popular contemporary slogans|newspaper=DNA India|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-six-popular-contemporary-slogans-1570374#top|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225030109/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-six-popular-contemporary-slogans-1570374|archive-date=25 February 2021}}{{Cite news|date=20 May 2012|title='Ma Mati Manush' song at traffic intersections|work=Business Standard India|agency=PTI|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/-ma-mati-manush-song-at-traffic-intersections-112052000205_1.html|access-date=6 December 2021}}

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.{{cite web| url = https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/joy-bangla-history-west-bengal-7166839/| title = Explained: The history of 'Joy Bangla' |work = The Indian Express| date = 29 January 2021}}{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-decoded-joy-bangla-mamatas-slogan-that-bjp-calls-secessionist/372594| title = Decoded: The History Of 'Joy Bangla', Mamata's Slogan That BJP Calls Secessionist| date = 29 January 2021}} It is used in particular, as a closing remark for political speeches.{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/khela-hobe-to-khela-sesh-its-season-of-slogans/article34155120.ece| title = West Bengal Assembly Elections {{!}} 'Khela hobe' to 'khela sesh' — it's season of slogans - The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 24 March 2021}}{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/let-the-game-for-2021-begin-says-mamata/article33896356.ece| title = Let the game for 2021 begin, says Mamata - The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 21 February 2021}}{{cite web| url = https://www.esamskriti.com/e/National-Affairs/Current-Affairs/What-does-the-JOY-BANGLA-slogan-remind-you-of-1.aspx| title = What does the JOY BANGLA slogan remind you of - eSamskriti }}

In the 2021 assembly election, the party used a song "Khela Hobe" across 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.{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Tamaghna|date=4 October 2021|title='Party hobe': CM Mamata Banerjee's supporters paint the town green|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/party-hobe-didis-supporters-paint-the-town-green/articleshow/86741104.cms |access-date=6 December 2021|website=The Times of India}}{{Cite news|date=16 August 2021 |title=Khela Hobe Divas: TMC celebrates 'Khela Hobe Divas'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tmc-observes-khela-hobe-diwas-across-west-bengal/articleshow/85363785.cms |access-date=6 December 2021|newspaper=The Times of India}}

The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee.

• Mamata Banerjee — Founder,{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Bengal#ref1115982|title=West Bengal {{!}} History, Culture, Map, Capital, & Population|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=21 September 2018|language=en}} Chairperson, Leader of the party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Chief Minister of West Bengal.
• Abhishek Banerjee — General Secretary
• Derek O'Brien —Leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha.
• Sudip Bandyopadhyay — Leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.
• Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar — Deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.
• Kalyan Banerjee — Chief Whip of the party in the Lok Sabha.
• Sukhendu Shekhar Roy — Chief Whip of TMC in Rajya Shabha.
• Mukul Sangma — Ex Leader of the Opposition in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
• Aroop Biswas — Treasurer
• Sobhandeb Chatteejee -Deputy Leader of House of West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

The party's executive committee is the National Working Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/trinamool-streamlines-party-organisation-mum-on-its-role-in-india-bloc/article68910494.ece|title=Trinamool streamlines party organisation, mum on its role in INDIA bloc|first=Shiv Sahay|last=Singh|date=26 November 2024|via=www.thehindu.com}}

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This is a list of the official state, territorial and regional committees of the All India Trinamool Congress.

{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}

This is a list of chairpersons of the All India Trinamool Congress.

• Ajit Kumar Panja (1998–2001)
• Mamata Banerjee (2001–present)

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This is a list of national general secretaries of the All India Trinamool Congress.

• Mukul Roy (2006 – 2015 dissolution)
• Subrata Bakshi (2015–2021)
• Abhishek Banerjee (2021–present)

{{Main|Saradha Group financial scandal}}

The Saradha Group financial scandal and the Rose Valley financial scandal came to light during her tenure and some of her cabinet ministers were accused of money laundering and have been incarcerated.{{cite news|title=WB Minister Madan Mitra arrested in Saradha scam|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/wb-minister-madan-mitra-arrested-in-saradha-scam/17345.html|access-date=15 December 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215113110/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/wb-minister-madan-mitra-arrested-in-saradha-scam/17345.html|archive-date=15 December 2014}} One of her paintings was also sold to Sudipto Sen (central figure in the Saradha scam) for {{INRConvert|1.8|c|lk=on|year=2018}}, while 20 more of her pictures were seized from other Saradha Group shareholders.{{Cite news|title=Saradha scam: Sale of Mamata Banerjee's painting for Rs 1.8 crore under CBI lens|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Saradha-scam-Sale-of-Mamata-Banerjees-painting-for-Rs-1-8-crore-under-CBI-lens/articleshow/44807114.cms|url-status=live|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628101631/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Saradha-scam-Sale-of-Mamata-Banerjees-painting-for-Rs-1-8-crore-under-CBI-lens/articleshow/44807114.cms|archive-date=28 June 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/proceeds-from-mamata-banerjees-paintings-under-scrutiny-as-cbi-asks-for-trinamool-accounts-745419|title=Sale of Mamata Banerjee's Paintings Under Scrutiny as CBI Asks For Trinamool Income|work=NDTV |access-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080903/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/proceeds-from-mamata-banerjees-paintings-under-scrutiny-as-cbi-asks-for-trinamool-accounts-745419|archive-date=13 May 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=The 1.8 crore question: Is Mamata Banerjee India's most underrated artist?|website=firstpost.com|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-1-8-crore-question-is-mamata-banerjee-indias-most-underrated-artist-1759725.html|url-status=dead|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014451/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-1-8-crore-question-is-mamata-banerjee-indias-most-underrated-artist-1759725.html|archive-date=13 May 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/painter-didi-in-trouble-cbi-quizzes-tmc-on-sale-of-mamatas-paintings|title=From Rs 2 Cr to 9 Cr in 48 Hrs: Mamata Paints Bank Balance Green|work=The Quint|access-date=12 May 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007121103/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/painter-didi-in-trouble-cbi-quizzes-tmc-on-sale-of-mamatas-paintings|archive-date=7 October 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cbi-seizes-didis-20-paintings-from-chit-fund-firm-owners/articleshow/67155786.cms|title=CBI seizes Didi's 20 paintings from chit fund firm owners|first=Madhuparna|last=Das|date=19 December 2018|access-date=22 October 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}} She has been criticised by opposition parties for not taking adequate steps against her own ministers who tried to cover-up their deeds.{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sudip-bandyopadhyay-arrested-all-you-need-to-know-about-rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-3187490.html|website=firstpost.com|title=Sudip Bandyopadhyay arrested: All you need to know about Rose Valley chit fund scam – Firstpost|access-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104143227/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sudip-bandyopadhyay-arrested-all-you-need-to-know-about-rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-3187490.html|archive-date=4 January 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-trinamool-congress-investment-firm-tmc-leaders-cbi/1/849019.html|website=India Today |title=Rose Valley chit fund scam: TMC leaders' nexus with the investment firm |access-date=5 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104074341/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-trinamool-congress-investment-firm-tmc-leaders-cbi/1/849019.html|archive-date=4 January 2017}} Sudipto Sen was arrested from Kashmir.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/17xY5ipGyuLphDO2DbNwcK/Saradha-Group-chairman-Sudipta-Sen-arrested.html|title=Saradha Group chairman Sudipta Sen arrested in Kashmir|first=Romita|last=Datta|date=23 April 2013|website=mint}} The Shyamal Sen Commission, set up by the Chief Minister, was able to return {{INRConvert|185|c|lk=on|year=2014}} to the depositors.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/shyamal-sen-commission-wound-up-job-unfinished/story-07YLIk47hwg2S2WufOOQ6O.html|title=Shyamal Sen commission wound up; job unfinished|date=22 October 2014|website=Hindustan Times}} Leaders from Congress and CPI(M) like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Sujan Chakraborty, Biman Bose were also accused in this scam.{{cite news|last=Kundu|first=Indrajit|title=Politicians who took money from me, cheated people are now joining BJP, alleges jailed Saradha promoter|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/saradha-group-sudipta-sen-letter-to-pm-modi-mamata-banerjee-1747035-2020-12-05|website=India Today|access-date=5 December 2020}} Despite Bankshall Court's order to investigate into this matter, no action has been taken by CBI against any of these leaders (other than TMC leaders) to date.{{Cite web|date=1 February 2021|title=Sudipta Sen Letter: 'একাধিক নেতা কোটি কোটি টাকা নেন...' সুদীপ্ত সেনের সেই চিঠি নিয়ে সিবিআইকে তদন্তের নির্দেশ আদালতের|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/news/bankshall-court-gives-order-to-cbi-for-investigation-of-sudipta-sen-letter-which-he-wrotes-from-jail-789913|access-date=1 February 2021|website=এবিপি আনন্দ লাইভ|language=bn}}

{{Main|Rose Valley financial scandal}}

The Rose Valley financial scandal was a major financial scam and alleged political scandal in India caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Rose Valley Group where multiple MPs from Banerjee's party were accused of money laundering.{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sudip-bandyopadhyay-arrested-all-you-need-to-know-about-rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-3187490.html|website=firstpost.com|title=Sudip Bandyopadhyay arrested: All you need to know about Rose Valley chit fund scam – Firstpost|access-date=5 January 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rose-valley-chit-fund-scam-trinamool-congress-investment-firm-tmc-leaders-cbi/1/849019.html|website=India Today |title=Rose Valley chit fund scam: TMC leaders' nexus with the investment firm |access-date=5 January 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-rose-valley-scam/article9468861.ece|website=thehindubusinessline.com|title=All you wanted to know about Rose Valley scam|access-date=5 December 2018}}

{{Main|Narada sting operation}}

The Narada sting operation was carried out by Mathew Samuel in 2011 for the Indian newsmagazine Tehelka and published on Naradanews.com just before the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections. The sting targeted high-ranking officials and politicians of Banerjee's political party All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).{{Cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/k-d-singh-ordered-me-to-do-the-sting-operation-on-tmc-leaders-says-mathew-samuel-1.582948|title=তৃণমূল সাংসদ কে ডি সিংহের নির্দেশেই স্টিং অপারেশন, বিস্ফোরক ম্যাথু|date=20 March 2017|work=anandabazar.com|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426063623/http://www.anandabazar.com/state/k-d-singh-ordered-me-to-do-the-sting-operation-on-tmc-leaders-says-mathew-samuel-1.582948|archive-date=26 April 2017|url-status=live|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Didi-sees-blackmail-conspiracy-in-Narada/articleshow/52813646.cms|title=Didi sees 'blackmail conspiracy' in Narada|work=The Times of India|date=18 June 2016|access-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806091235/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Didi-sees-blackmail-conspiracy-in-Narada/articleshow/52813646.cms|archive-date=6 August 2016}}

During her tenure she challenged the federal system of India when she ordered the arrest of CBI officials, who arrived in Kolkata to investigate the Saradha Group financial scandal.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cops-nab-cbi-men-mamata-banerjee-at-war-with-centre/articleshow/67824420.cms |title=Kolkata police 'nab' CBI men, Mamata Banerjee at war with Centre – Times of India |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204211836/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cops-nab-cbi-men-mamata-banerjee-at-war-with-centre/articleshow/67824420.cms |archive-date=4 February 2019 |url-status=live }} But CBI's attempted arrest of Kolkata Police Commissioner was also an attack on federalism.{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/cbis-attempted-arrest-of-kolkata-police-commissioner-was-an-attack-on-federalism|title=CBI's Attempted Arrest of Kolkata Police Commissioner Was an Attack on Federalism|website=The Wire|date=4 February 2019}}

Rujira Banerjee, the wife of Abhishek Banerjee, the Lok Sabha member and national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday after being prevented from boarding a flight to the UAE earlier this week due to a "lookout" notice issued by the central organisation. Rujira received a summons to appear before the organisation on 8 June when she arrived at the airport. She was questioned by the ED in relation to the coal theft case last year. She had previously been questioned by the CBI in the same matter in 2021.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2023 |title=ED summons TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in jobs case, he says won't appear before rural polls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/ed-summons-tmc-abhishek-banerjee-bengal-primary-school-jobs-scam-case-8653261/ |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=8 June 2023 |title=TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Wife Appears Before ED In Connection With Bengal Coal Scam Case |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/west-bengal-coal-scam-case-tmc-mp-abhishek-banerjee-wife-rujira-banerjee-appears-before-ed-1607615 |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}

According to officials, as quoted by the news agency PTI, Rujira appeared before the ED in Kolkata on Thursday for questioning about the coal theft case. Rujira was being questioned by a team of five officials, including those from New Delhi. In a money-laundering case related to a West Bengal coal scam, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday stayed a Delhi High Court decision allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Delhi, but allowed the investigation agency to question him in Kolkata after providing 24 hours' notice.{{Cite news |date=2 September 2022 |title=West Bengal coal scam case: Enforcement Directorate grills TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee for seven hours |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-coal-scam-case-enforcement-directorate-grills-tmc-leader-abhishek-banerjee-for-7-hours/articleshow/93952226.cms |access-date=17 August 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite news |date=17 May 2022 |title=West Bengal coal scam case: Supreme Court allows ED to question Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/sc-allows-ed-to-question-abhishek-banerjee-in-west-bengal-coal-scam-case/article65421936.ece |access-date=17 August 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}

Anubrata Mondal, a powerful member of the Trinamool Congress who was detained on 11 August, has been placed in the custody of the CBI until 20 August. On the evening of 11 August, Mondal was transferred from Asansol to the CBI office in Kolkata's Nizam Palace, where he is currently being questioned.{{Cite web |title=Cattle Smuggling Case Accused Trinamool Leader Seeks Transfer To West Bengal |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cattle-smuggling-case-tmc-leader-anubrata-mondal-seeks-transfer-to-asansol-prison-in-plea-at-delhi-court-3892557 |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web |title=Cattle from Haryana, UP were smuggled: Trinamool alleges BJP involvement |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/west-bengal-cattle-smuggling-case-tmc-bjp-anubrata-mondal-bsf-border-2379461-2023-05-15 |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=India Today |date=15 May 2023 |language=en}}

Mondal is one of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's most dependable aides, and he was in charge of all TMC operations in Birbhum. The ongoing cross-border cattle smuggling case, which allegedly involves a connection between BSF, Customs, and police personnel with racketeers and politicians, has come back into the spotlight as a result of the arrest of the TMC strongman.{{Cite web |date=6 January 2023 |title=West Bengal cattle smuggling case: CBI freezes 54 accounts at cooperative bank |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/west-bengal-cattle-smuggling-case-cbi-freezes-54-accounts-at-cooperative-bank-101672984552743.html |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=11 August 2022 |title=West Bengal: CBI arrests TMC's Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-cbi-arrests-tmcs-anubrata-mondal-in-cattle-smuggling-case/articleshow/93495142.cms |access-date=17 August 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}

{{Main|West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam 2022}}

West Bengal School Service recruitment scam is an ongoing education SSC scam in West Bengal, India since 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-west-bengal-school-service-commission-recruitment-scam-7869437/|title=Explained: What is the West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam?|work=The Indian Express|date=15 April 2022|access-date=18 April 2022}} The scam is being currently investigated jointly by Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate.{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/kolkata-besides-cbi-ed-to-probe-bengal-ssc-recruitment-scam/articleshow/90853740.cms|title=Kolkata: Besides CBI, ED to probe Bengal SSC Recruitment scam|date=15 April 2022|access-date=16 April 2022|work=The Economic Times}} The scam was revealed, following the arrest of Partha Chatterjee, a Trinamool Congress leader, who has served as the Minister of Education in the Mamata Banerjee's cabinet until his arrest on 23 July 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bengal-teacher-recruitment-scam-ed-partha-chatterjee-arrest-20-crore-arpita-mukherjee-tmc-top-points-1979034-2022-07-23|title=ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, finds link to money seized at close aide Arpita's house|work=India Today|date=23 July 2022}}

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Before Trinamool (AITC) took office in West Bengal in 2011, the regional AITC party leaders grew significantly in strength. The leaders allegedly began requesting a portion of the funds used to construct any new buildings in the region. As time went on, various groups in various locations began to emerge and link with various local AITC leaders. The entire syndicate business is alleged to have prospered when AITC ultimately won the 2011 Legislative Assembly election and began their tenure.{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Sayantan |title=How Bengal politics is dependent on syndicate raj, corruption and strongmen like Anubrata Mondal |url=https://www.newsdrum.in/analysis/left-front-to-tmc-how-bengal-politics-is-dependent-on-syndicate-raj-corruption-and-strongmen-like-anubrata-mondal-81416.html |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=www.newsdrum.in |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/flourishing-syndicate-raj-is-an-open-secret-in-bengal/story-WoDYZCYhnPJ6whzXahrHPJ.html|title=Flourishing 'syndicate raj' is an open secret in Bengal|date=5 April 2016|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=27 October 2019}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/syndicate-raj-thrives-in-mamata-banerjee-s-bengal-india-today-investigation-1325672-2018-08-28|title=India Today investigation exposes syndicate raj in Mamata Banerjee's Bengal|author=Amit Kumar Chaudhary |date=29 August 2018 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=27 October 2019}}

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