Abhishek Banerjee

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Abhishek Banerjee
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Abhishek Banerjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded bySomendra Nath Mitra
ConstituencyDiamond Harbour
Majority320,594 (2019)
President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress
Assumed office
2011
President, Trinamool Chhatra Parishad
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) (age 36)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
RelativesMamata Bannerjee (Aunt)
Alma materIndian Institute of Planning and Management
ProfessionSocial Worker, Politician

Abhishek Banerjee [1] (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is nephew of Mamata Banerjee and 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,[2] 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[3] 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[3] of External Affairs since September 2019.

References[edit]

  1. "Prince of Trinamool". India Today. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. PTI (17 October 2014). "Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress". dnaindia.com. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 14 April 2020. Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and nephew Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website".


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