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The '''All India Trinamool Congress''' (abbreviated '''AITC''', '''TMC''' or '''Trinamool Congress''') is an [[India]]n political party based in [[West Bengal]]. | The '''All India Trinamool Congress''' (abbreviated '''AITC''', '''TMC''' or '''Trinamool Congress''') is an [[India]]n political party based in [[West Bengal]]. | ||
==History== | |||
After being a member of the Indian National Congress for over 26 years, [[Mamata Banerjee]] formed her own party of Bengal, the "Trinamool Congress", which was registered with the [[Election Commission of India]] during mid-December 1999. The Election Commission allotted to the party an exclusive symbol of Jora Ghas Phul. On 2 September 2016 election commission recognized AITC as a national political party.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/trinamool-congress-tmc-national-party-status-election-commission-3010274/</ref> | |||
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