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    Overview

    The All India Trinamool Congress (transl. All India Grassroots Congress; abbr. AITC) 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 … See more

    Presence in other states

    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 … See more

    Party symbols and slogans

    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 k… See more

    Leadership

    The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee.
    • Mamata Banerjee — Founder, Chairperson, Leader of the party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Chief Minister of … See more