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	~~{{short description\|Indian politician}}~~		#REDIRECT [[Abhishek Banerjee]]
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	~~{{Infobox officeholder~~
	~~\| name =~~
	~~\| image = Abhisekh Banerjee.jpg~~
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	~~\| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]~~
	~~\| constituency1 = [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Diamond Harbour]]~~
	~~\| term_start1 = 16 May 2014~~
	~~\| term_end1 =~~
	~~\| predecessor1 = [[Somendra Nath Mitra]]~~
	~~\| successor1 =~~
	~~\| majority1 = 320,594 (2019)~~
	~~\| office2 = [[All India Trinamool Congress\|General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress]]~~
	~~\| term2 = 5 June 2021~~
	~~\| predecessor2 = [[Subrata Bakshi]]~~
	~~\| office3 = [[President (corporate title)\|President]], [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]]~~
	~~\| term_start3 = 5 June 2015~~
	~~\| term_end3 = 5 June 2021~~
	~~\| predecessor3 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]~~
	~~\| successor3 = [[Saayoni Ghosh]]~~
	~~\| birth_name =~~
	~~\| birth_date = {{birth-date and age\|7 November 1987}}~~
	~~\| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]~~
	~~\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]]~~
	~~\| awards =~~
	~~\| spouse = Rujira Narula~~
	~~\| relatives = [[Mamata Banerjee]] (aunt)~~
	~~\| profession =~~ [[~~Politician]]~~
	}}

	~~'''~~Abhishek Banerjee'''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=admin\|date=2021-06-05\|title=Mamata's nephew appointed as Trinamool general secretary\|url=http://www.uptimesnews.com/mamatas-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-appointed-tmc-general-secretary/\|access-date=2021-12-14\|website=UP Times News\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20200921-prince-of-trinamool-1720876-2020-09-12\|title =Prince of Trinamool\|publisher =[[India Today]]\|date =September 12, 2020\|access-date =September 13, 2020}} </ref> (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]] since 2014. Banerjee has also been the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] since 2011,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mamata-banerjee-sets-stage-for-nephew-abhishek-for-bigger-role-in-trinamool-congress-2027112 \|title=Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress \|author =PTI\|quote =Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.\|access-date = 14 April 2020 \|date=17 October 2014\|publisher = [[Daily News and Analysis]]\|website =dnaindia.com}}</ref> the youth wing of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], currently in power in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

	Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW">{{cite web\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4843 \|title=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website }}</ref> of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.

	~~He currently serves as a member of [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW"/> of External Affairs since September 2019.~~
	On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=June 5, 2021\|first=Indrajit\|last=Kundu\|title=Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-tmc-mamata-abhishek-banerjee-sayoni-ghosh-1811255-2021-06-05\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/mamata-appoints-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-national-general-secretary-9559061.htm\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=cnbctv18.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	~~==Personal life==~~
	Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/abhishek-banerjee.html}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Banerjee attended [[Nava Nalanda High School]] and [[M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School]] both in [[Kolkata]]. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his [[B.B.A.]] and [[M.B.A.]] in [[Human resource management\|Human Resource]] and [[Marketing]] from the [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]] (IIPM),<ref name="POI LSOW"/> [[New Delhi]] in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.<ref name="POI LSOW"/>

	~~==Political career==~~
	Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)\|Left Front]] regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] when he was selected as the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org \|title=All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref>

	In 2014, Banerjee contested the [[Lok Sabha]] Elections on behalf of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a candidate from the constituency of [[Diamond Harbour]] and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref> At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/youth-parliament-mla-mp-young-2019-lok-sabha-election-results-5760545/ \|title=Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40\|quote =As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek rose swiftly within the party. In 2011, at 23, he became national president of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress. Soon after his debut election in 2014, which he won against the CPI’s Abul Hasnat from Diamond Harbour, Abhishek was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.\|publisher =The Indian Express }}</ref> He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org/tmyc-photo-gallery/?aid=83653 \|title= All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref> in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] Election from [[Diamond Harbour]] with a margin of 320,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref>

	~~==Controversies==~~
	A man named Devasish Acharya slapped Abhishek for some unknown reasons. He was then beaten up by party workers and admitted in hospital. He died mysteriously on 18 June 2021. His family claims it was a murder.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-banerjees-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-slapped-at-public-meeting-722486#:~:text=The%20man%20was%20later%20identified%20as%20Debashish%20Acharya%2C,and%20has%20been%20admitted%20to%20a%20local%20hospital.\|title=Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek Banerjee Slapped at Public Meeting\|website=NDTV\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>

	~~== Membership drive ==~~
	In the year 2020 Abhishek in association with [[All India Trinamool Congress\|TMC]] launched [[Banglar Jubo Shakti]] where his motive was to get 100000+ youths get registered to it, where they can help people of [[West Bengal]] In distress.<ref>[https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/abhisek-banerjee-called-to-adopt-10-families-for-every-banglar-jubo-shakti-member-31595066528285.html বাংলা যুবশক্তির সদস্যদের ১০টি করে পরিবারের দায়িত্ব নেওয়ার নির্দেশ অভিষেকের] ''Hindustan Times Bangla''. Retrieved 29 June 2021</ref>

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	'''Abhishek Banerjee''' <ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20200921-prince-of-trinamool-1720876-2020-09-12\|title =Prince of Trinamool\|publisher =[[India Today]]\|date =September 12, 2020\|access-date =September 13, 2020}} </ref> (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician . He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]] since 2014~~. He is one of the most prominent face of Trinamool Congress who is doing outreach program to fight against bjp in Tripura~~. Banerjee has also been the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] since 2011,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mamata-banerjee-sets-stage-for-nephew-abhishek-for-bigger-role-in-trinamool-congress-2027112 \|title=Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress \|author =PTI\|quote =Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.\|access-date = 14 April 2020 \|date=17 October 2014\|publisher = [[Daily News and Analysis]]\|website =dnaindia.com}}</ref> the youth wing of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], currently in power in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].		'''Abhishek Banerjee'''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=admin\|date=2021-06-05\|title=Mamata's nephew appointed as Trinamool general secretary\|url=http://www.uptimesnews.com/mamatas-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-appointed-tmc-general-secretary/\|access-date=2021-12-14\|website=UP Times News\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20200921-prince-of-trinamool-1720876-2020-09-12\|title =Prince of Trinamool\|publisher =[[India Today]]\|date =September 12, 2020\|access-date =September 13, 2020}} </ref> (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]] since 2014. Banerjee has also been the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] since 2011,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mamata-banerjee-sets-stage-for-nephew-abhishek-for-bigger-role-in-trinamool-congress-2027112 \|title=Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress \|author =PTI\|quote =Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.\|access-date = 14 April 2020 \|date=17 October 2014\|publisher = [[Daily News and Analysis]]\|website =dnaindia.com}}</ref> the youth wing of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], currently in power in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

	Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW">{{cite web\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4843 \|title=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website }}</ref> of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.		Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW">{{cite web\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4843 \|title=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website }}</ref> of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.

	He currently serves as a member of [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW"/> of External Affairs since September 2019.		He currently serves as a member of [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW"/> of External Affairs since September 2019.
	On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|~~last1~~=~~KolkataJune~~ 5\|~~first1~~=Indrajit ~~Kundu~~\|~~last2~~=~~June 5\|first2=2021UPDATED\|last3=Ist\|first3=2021 22:11~~\|title=Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-tmc-mamata-abhishek-banerjee-sayoni-ghosh-1811255-2021-06-05\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/mamata-appoints-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-national-general-secretary-9559061.htm\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=cnbctv18.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>		On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=June 5, 2021\|first=Indrajit\|last=Kundu\|title=Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-tmc-mamata-abhishek-banerjee-sayoni-ghosh-1811255-2021-06-05\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/mamata-appoints-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-national-general-secretary-9559061.htm\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=cnbctv18.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/abhishek-banerjee.html}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]		Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/abhishek-banerjee.html}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Banerjee attended [[Nava Nalanda High School]] and [[M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School]] both in [[Kolkata]]. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his [[B.B.A.]] and [[M.B.A.]] in [[Human resource management\|Human Resource]] and [[Marketing]] from the [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]] (IIPM),<ref name="POI LSOW"/> [[New Delhi]] in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.<ref name="POI LSOW"/>
	Banerjee attended [[Nava Nalanda High School]] and [[M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School]] both in [[Kolkata]]. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his [[B.B.A.]] and [[M.B.A.]] in [[Human resource management\|Human Resource]] and [[Marketing]] from the [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]] (IIPM),<ref name="POI LSOW"/> [[New Delhi]] in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.<ref name="POI LSOW"/>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)\|Left Front]] regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] when he was selected as the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org \|title=All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref>		Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)\|Left Front]] regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] when he was selected as the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org \|title=All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref>

	In 2014, Banerjee contested the [[Lok Sabha]] Elections on behalf of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a candidate from the constituency of [[Diamond Harbour]] and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref> At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/youth-parliament-mla-mp-young-2019-lok-sabha-election-results-5760545/ \|title=Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40\|quote =As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek rose swiftly within the party. In 2011, at 23, he became national president of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress. Soon after his debut election in 2014, which he won against the CPI’s Abul Hasnat from Diamond Harbour, Abhishek was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.\|publisher =The Indian Express }}</ref> He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org/tmyc-photo-gallery/?aid=83653 \|title= All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref> in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] Election from [[Diamond Harbour]] with a margin of ~~120~~,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref>		In 2014, Banerjee contested the [[Lok Sabha]] Elections on behalf of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a candidate from the constituency of [[Diamond Harbour]] and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref> At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/youth-parliament-mla-mp-young-2019-lok-sabha-election-results-5760545/ \|title=Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40\|quote =As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek rose swiftly within the party. In 2011, at 23, he became national president of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress. Soon after his debut election in 2014, which he won against the CPI’s Abul Hasnat from Diamond Harbour, Abhishek was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.\|publisher =The Indian Express }}</ref> He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org/tmyc-photo-gallery/?aid=83653 \|title= All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref> in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] Election from [[Diamond Harbour]] with a margin of 320,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref>

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| relatives = [[Mamata Banerjee]] (aunt)
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'''Abhishek Banerjee''' <ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20200921-prince-of-trinamool-1720876-2020-09-12|title =Prince of Trinamool|publisher =[[India Today]]|date =September 12, 2020|access-date =September 13, 2020}} </ref> (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician . He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]] since 2014. He is one of the most prominent face of Trinamool Congress who is doing outreach program to fight against bjp in Tripura. Banerjee has also been the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] since 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mamata-banerjee-sets-stage-for-nephew-abhishek-for-bigger-role-in-trinamool-congress-2027112 |title=Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress |author =PTI|quote =Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.|access-date = 14 April 2020 |date=17 October 2014|publisher = [[Daily News and Analysis]]|website =dnaindia.com}}</ref> the youth wing of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], currently in power in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW">{{cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4843 |title=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website }}</ref> of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.

He currently serves as a member of [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW"/> of External Affairs since September 2019.
On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=KolkataJune 5|first1=Indrajit Kundu|last2=June 5|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 22:11|title=Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-tmc-mamata-abhishek-banerjee-sayoni-ghosh-1811255-2021-06-05|access-date=2021-06-12|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/mamata-appoints-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-national-general-secretary-9559061.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=cnbctv18.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/abhishek-banerjee.html}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
Banerjee attended [[Nava Nalanda High School]] and [[M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School]] both in [[Kolkata]]. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his [[B.B.A.]] and [[M.B.A.]] in [[Human resource management|Human Resource]] and [[Marketing]] from the [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]] (IIPM),<ref name="POI LSOW"/> [[New Delhi]] in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.<ref name="POI LSOW"/>

==Political career==
Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] when he was selected as the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aitcofficial.org |title=All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref>

In 2014, Banerjee contested the [[Lok Sabha]] Elections on behalf of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a candidate from the constituency of [[Diamond Harbour]] and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html |title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref> At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/youth-parliament-mla-mp-young-2019-lok-sabha-election-results-5760545/ |title=Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40|quote =As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek rose swiftly within the party. In 2011, at 23, he became national president of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress. Soon after his debut election in 2014, which he won against the CPI’s Abul Hasnat from Diamond Harbour, Abhishek was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.|publisher =The Indian Express }}</ref> He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aitcofficial.org/tmyc-photo-gallery/?aid=83653 |title= All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref> in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] Election from [[Diamond Harbour]] with a margin of 120,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html |title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref>

==Controversies==
A man named Devasish Acharya slapped Abhishek for some unknown reasons. He was then beaten up by party workers and admitted in hospital. He died mysteriously on 18 June 2021. His family claims it was a murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-banerjees-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-slapped-at-public-meeting-722486#:~:text=The%20man%20was%20later%20identified%20as%20Debashish%20Acharya%2C,and%20has%20been%20admitted%20to%20a%20local%20hospital.|title=Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek Banerjee Slapped at Public Meeting|website=NDTV|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>

== Membership drive ==
In the year 2020 Abhishek in association with [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]] launched [[Banglar Jubo Shakti]] where his motive was to get 100000+ youths get registered to it, where they can help people of [[West Bengal]] In distress.<ref>[https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/abhisek-banerjee-called-to-adopt-10-families-for-every-banglar-jubo-shakti-member-31595066528285.html বাংলা যুবশক্তির সদস্যদের ১০টি করে পরিবারের দায়িত্ব নেওয়ার নির্দেশ অভিষেকের] ''Hindustan Times Bangla''. Retrieved 29 June 2021</ref>

==References==
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	~~\| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]~~
	~~\| constituency1 = [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Diamond Harbour]]~~
	~~\| term_start1 = 16 May 2014~~
	~~\| term_end1 =~~
	~~\| predecessor1 = [[Somendra Nath Mitra]]~~
	~~\| successor1 =~~
	~~\| majority1 = 320,594 (2019)~~
	~~\| office2 = [[All India Trinamool Congress\|General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress]]~~
	~~\| term2 = 5 June 2021~~
	~~\| predecessor2 = [[Subrata Bakshi]]~~
	~~\| office3 = [[President (corporate title)\|President]], [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]]~~
	~~\| term_start3 = 5 June 2015~~
	~~\| term_end3 = 5 June 2021~~
	~~\| predecessor3 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]~~
	~~\| successor3 = [[Saayoni Ghosh]]~~
	~~\| birth_name =~~
	~~\| birth_date = {{birth-date and age\|7 November 1987}}~~
	~~\| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]~~
	~~\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]]~~
	~~\| awards =~~
	~~\| spouse = Rujira Narula~~
	~~\| relatives = [[Mamata Banerjee]] (aunt)~~
	~~\| profession =~~ [[~~Politician]]~~
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	~~'''~~Abhishek Banerjee'''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=admin\|date=2021-06-05\|title=Mamata's nephew appointed as Trinamool general secretary\|url=http://www.uptimesnews.com/mamatas-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-appointed-tmc-general-secretary/\|access-date=2021-12-14\|website=UP Times News\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20200921-prince-of-trinamool-1720876-2020-09-12\|title =Prince of Trinamool\|publisher =[[India Today]]\|date =September 12, 2020\|access-date =September 13, 2020}} </ref> (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]] since 2014. Banerjee has also been the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] since 2011,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mamata-banerjee-sets-stage-for-nephew-abhishek-for-bigger-role-in-trinamool-congress-2027112 \|title=Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress \|author =PTI\|quote =Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.\|access-date = 14 April 2020 \|date=17 October 2014\|publisher = [[Daily News and Analysis]]\|website =dnaindia.com}}</ref> the youth wing of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], currently in power in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

	Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW">{{cite web\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4843 \|title=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website }}</ref> of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.

	~~He currently serves as a member of [[Standing Committee]]<ref name="POI LSOW"/> of External Affairs since September 2019.~~
	On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=June 5, 2021\|first=Indrajit\|last=Kundu\|title=Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-tmc-mamata-abhishek-banerjee-sayoni-ghosh-1811255-2021-06-05\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/mamata-appoints-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-national-general-secretary-9559061.htm\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=cnbctv18.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	~~==Personal life==~~
	Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/abhishek-banerjee.html}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Banerjee attended [[Nava Nalanda High School]] and [[M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School]] both in [[Kolkata]]. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his [[B.B.A.]] and [[M.B.A.]] in [[Human resource management\|Human Resource]] and [[Marketing]] from the [[Indian Institute of Planning and Management]] (IIPM),<ref name="POI LSOW"/> [[New Delhi]] in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.<ref name="POI LSOW"/>

	~~==Political career==~~
	Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)\|Left Front]] regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] when he was selected as the National President of [[All India Trinamool Youth Congress]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org \|title=All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref>

	In 2014, Banerjee contested the [[Lok Sabha]] Elections on behalf of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a candidate from the constituency of [[Diamond Harbour]] and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref> At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/youth-parliament-mla-mp-young-2019-lok-sabha-election-results-5760545/ \|title=Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40\|quote =As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek rose swiftly within the party. In 2011, at 23, he became national president of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress. Soon after his debut election in 2014, which he won against the CPI’s Abul Hasnat from Diamond Harbour, Abhishek was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.\|publisher =The Indian Express }}</ref> He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aitcofficial.org/tmyc-photo-gallery/?aid=83653 \|title= All India Trinamool Congress Official Website }}</ref> in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] Election from [[Diamond Harbour]] with a margin of 320,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/diamond-harbour.html \|title= Elections.in - India's First Elections Website }}</ref>

	~~==Controversies==~~
	A man named Devasish Acharya slapped Abhishek for some unknown reasons. He was then beaten up by party workers and admitted in hospital. He died mysteriously on 18 June 2021. His family claims it was a murder.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-banerjees-nephew-abhishek-banerjee-slapped-at-public-meeting-722486#:~:text=The%20man%20was%20later%20identified%20as%20Debashish%20Acharya%2C,and%20has%20been%20admitted%20to%20a%20local%20hospital.\|title=Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek Banerjee Slapped at Public Meeting\|website=NDTV\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>

	~~== Membership drive ==~~
	In the year 2020 Abhishek in association with [[All India Trinamool Congress\|TMC]] launched [[Banglar Jubo Shakti]] where his motive was to get 100000+ youths get registered to it, where they can help people of [[West Bengal]] In distress.<ref>[https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/abhisek-banerjee-called-to-adopt-10-families-for-every-banglar-jubo-shakti-member-31595066528285.html বাংলা যুবশক্তির সদস্যদের ১০টি করে পরিবারের দায়িত্ব নেওয়ার নির্দেশ অভিষেকের] ''Hindustan Times Bangla''. Retrieved 29 June 2021</ref>

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