The All India Trinamool Congress 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 and MLAs,just after BJP and INC.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011,the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Union Cabinet Minister,Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress,and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She is often referred to as 'Didi'.
Dinesh Trivedi is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from West Bengal and a former Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha (2009–2019) representing Barrackpore constituency of West Bengal. Prior to that he was Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha for two separate terms. He is the former Union Minister for Railways and the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare under Manmohan Singh's cabinet.
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly constituency since 2021 and from Contai South from 2006 to 2009. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020,Irrigation and Water resource from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a member of Lok Sabha from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016 and the chairperson of Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021. He was a forner member of the Trinamool Congress from 1998 to 2020 and Indian National Congress from 1995 to 1998. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari,Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.
Sovan Chatterjee is an Indian politician. He is a former member of Bharatiya Janata Party,and former Mayor of the city of Kolkata,the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Chatterjee served as a Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councilor since 1985. In 2019,he joined Bharatiya Janata Party,and left in 2021.
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha.
Dr. Amit Mitra is an Indian economist and politician and the current Special Advisor to Chief Minister of West Bengal on Finance. Previously he was the Finance,Commerce &Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal. He was the incumbent MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly constituency. Cited as a giant killer in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election defeating Asim Dasgupta,the former West Bengal Finance Minister. Mitra previously served as the Secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Partha Chatterjee is a jailed indicted Indian political criminal. He earlier served as the Minister of Commerce and Industries and formerly served as the Education Minister of Government of West Bengal. He represented the Trinamool Congress. He also held the political office of Secretary General of the All India Trinamool Congress. In 2022,he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the School Service Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal,when massive stacks of cash were recovered from the house of one of his aides. He was then suspended from AITC and dismissed from the cabinet.
The Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the Government of West Bengal,composed of the Chief Minister and bagunnava ra,the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory.
Subrata Bakshi is an Indian politician who currently serves as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. He is the General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress and State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the Government of West Bengal in 2011. He was also an MLA,elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.
Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is a veteran Indian politician representing All India Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party,. He was the founder president of INTTUC,the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.
Firhad Hakim is an Indian politician serving as the current and 38th Mayor of Kolkata. He is also serving as Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs and Housing,Government of West Bengal. He is a MLA of the All India Trinamool Congress party from Kolkata Port.
Shankar Chakravorty is an Indian politician and a trial lawyer from Balurghat,District-Dakshin Dinajpur,West Bengal,India. He is presently the Chairman(Cabinet Rank) of the Board of Directors of three state run PSUs namely Mackintosh Burn Ltd.,Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Ltd. and Britannia Engineering Ltd..
Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian doctor and a former Indian politician and the Minister for Environmental Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA,elected from the Mahisadal constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.
Madan Mitra is an Indian politician,actor from West Bengal. Madan Mitra started his career with party Indian National Congress. He held many positions of Indian Youth Congress,the party's youth wing. In 1998,he joined All India Trinamool Congress party,founded by his colleague Mamata Banerjee,and his movie debut was in the 2023 Bengali film Oh! Lovely. In 2011,he was elected to the legislative assembly and became a state minister. He was arrested for the Sarada chit fund conspiracy case and got bail after 22 months.
Pramatha Nath Roy,popularly known as P. N. Roy,was an Indian politician and was the Minister of State for Development &Planning in the Government of West Bengal. He was an MLA,elected from the Kaliaganj Assembly constituency in 1996,2001,2011 and 2016.
Sabina Yeasmin is an Indian politician who has been serving as Cabinet Minister of State for Irrigation and Waterways,North Bengal Development in the Government of West Bengal. She is an MLA,elected from the Mothabari in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
The partial list of political families of West Bengal state of India.
Shashi Panja is a medical practitioner and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister for Industries,Commerce &Enterprises and Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare of the Government of West Bengal.
