Other Facts • Ma Mati Manush’ is the slogan of the party that means "Mother, Motherland and People“. • After the 2019 Indian general election, the party status is under revision by the Election Commission of India. • It also runs a Bengali newspaper ‘Jago Bangla’. • It is currently the fifth-largest party. Formation • Founded on 1 January 1998 by Mamta Banerjee with a split from INC. • Registered under Election Commission of India during mid-December 1999. • Got national status on 2 September 2016. • It is present in states of West Bengal, Tripura,Assam, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. • Since 2011 it is in power in West Bengal. • Alliances – NDA(1999-2009), UPA(2009-2012), Federal Front(2019) • It won 34 seats in 2014 and 22 in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Ideology •Secularism •Federalism •Anti-communism •Populism •Bengali Nationalism Important leaders •Mamata Banerjee •Subrata Bakshi •Derek O'Brien •Partha Chatterjee •Sudip Bandyopadhyay •Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar •Suvendu Adhikari •Kalyan Banerjee •Abhishek Banerjee •Firhad Hakim Important Contribution • The protests in Nandigram and Singur in 2006 against the CPM government’s firing on peasants and farmers in the region. It was popularly known as the Nadigram movement. • Bhoomi Uchched Protirodh Committee (BUPC), which protested the CPIM’s land-grabbing and eviction policies. • AITC also claims to have increase the number of jobs amongst the poor people and the minority sections of the society. • In its recent ‘Kanyashree’ scheme, the CM declared some significant beneficiary policies for girl child in the family. Controversies • TMC was formed on basis of religious polarisation and it continues minority appeasement. • TMC practices authoritarian and violent politics leading to many incidences of political murders / crimes. • TMC is accused of rampant corruption in all forms of administration. Thank YOU