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The State Youth Congress led by Mamata Banerjee organised a protest march to Writers Building in Kolkata on 21 July 1993 against the Communist government of the state. They demanded that voters' ID cards be made the only required document for voting, to put a stop to CPM's "scientific rigging".
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 the BJP and INC .
Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal's incumbent chief minister, the first woman to hold the office. She was subsequently voted to power in 2016 and 2021 assembly elections. She is the one of the two female incumbent chief minister in India at present (as per 2024).
At the time, Mamata Banerjee was serving as the Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the P. V. Narasimha Rao government but had lost influence within the Indian National Congress after being defeated by Somen Mitra in the 1992 election for the party’s youth wing president in West Bengal. Following the loss, Banerjee blamed the ...
1993 Kolkata Firing was an incident of firing by Calcutta Police in 1993 on Indian National Congress workers. The State Youth Congress led by Mamata Banerjee had organised a protest march to Writers Building on 21 July 1993 against the then Communist government of the state, demanding photo voter identity cards be made mandatory to ensure fair elections.
Mamata Banerjee: Suvendu Adhikari: Mohammed Salim: Party AITC: BJP: CPI(M) Alliance NDA: SDA: Leader since 1998 2020 2022 Leader's seat Bhabanipur: Nandigram: TBA: Last election 48.02%, 215 seats 37.97%, 77 seats 4.71%, 0 seat Current seats 225 66 0 Seats needed 82 148
Mamata Banerjee: Chief Minister's history: 2011 — present: No. of ministers: 23 Cabinet Ministers; 7 Minister of state (I/C) [b] 8 Minister of state; Ministers removed: 2 death 8 resigned: Total no. of members: Currently 38 members [a] Member party All India Trinamool Congress: Status in legislature: Majority
The incumbent All India Trinamool Congress government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won re-election by a large margin, despite opinion polls generally predicting a close race against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which became the Official Opposition but significantly underperformed expectations, winning 77 seats.