Abhishek Banerjee

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Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee, 2026
Leader of All India Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 August 2025
DeputySatabdi Roy
Preceded bySudip Bandyopadhyay
National General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress
In office
5 June 2021 – 3 June 2026
ChairpersonMamata Banerjee
Preceded bySubrata Bakshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded bySomendra Nath Mitra
ConstituencyDiamond Harbour, West Bengal
President of Trinamool Youth Congress
In office
21 July 2011 – 5 June 2021
Succeeded bySaayoni Ghosh
Personal details
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987 (age 38)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s)
Rujira Narula
(
m. 2012)
[1][2]
Children2
RelativesMamata Banerjee (paternal aunt)
Alma materIndian Institute of Planning and Management (BBA, MBA)
ProfessionPolitician

Abhishek Banerjee (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician who had been a Member of Parliament for Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, since 2014 and President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011.[3]

Banerjee was a member of the Standing Committee of Commerce in 2014, as well as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs in 2014. He also served on the Railway Convention Committee from April 2015 to May 2019.[4] of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed the general secretary of Trinamool Congress.[5][6]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He was born into a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family.[7] He was born and raised in Kolkata, India. Banerjee went to Nava Nalanda High School and M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School, both in Kolkata. After relocating to Delhi, Banerjee studied for his MBA and BBA degrees in Human Resource and Marketing at the now-defunct and contentious Indian Institute of Planning and Management[4] in 2009, New Delhi. On February 24, 2012, Banerjee married Rujira Narula,[8][9] a Thai national. They have a son and a daughter together.[4]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Abhishek Banerjee entered politics as a member of the Trinamool Congress in 2011, after the party ousted the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front regime by winning the Assembly Election that year. In 2011, Banerjee was elected National President of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress, establishing him as the Trinamool Congress's youth icon.[10]

Banerjee represented the TMC in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as a candidate from the Diamond Harbour constituency.[11] He defeated his closest opponent, Abul Hasnat of the CPI(M), by a wide margin.[12] At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.[13] He also organised the M.P. Cup Football Tournament.[14] to encourage young people in his district to participate in sports and physical exercise. Following the successful conclusion of his first term, Banerjee defeated the closest opponent from the BJP by a margin of 320,594 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Diamond Harbour.[12] Abhishek broke the previous record by winning the Diamond Harbour constituency of the 2024 Lok Sabha for the third time in a row with 7,10,930 votes.[15][16]

Partner of the Indian National Developmental Alliance's coordination committee[edit | edit source]

At the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance convention in Mumbai on September 1, 2023, Banerjee was named a member of the Coordination Committee.[17][18] The coordination committee will decide the national agenda, common campaign issues and common program of the country's main opposition alliance (I.N.D.I.A.).[citation needed]

Legal Issues[edit | edit source]

Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in August 2021 in an alleged money laundering case involving coal smuggling. The criminal case in this matter had originally been registered by CBI after which the ED initiated money laundering probe into alleged theft in the government coalfields.[19]

He was questioned in New Delhi in September 2021, followed by second round of questioning in March 2022 in Kolkata.[20][21]

He appeared before ED for the third time in November 2023 in Bengal school jobs scam, inked to alleged improprieties in recruitment of teacher in state-aided schools.[22][23][24]

May 2026 Attack[edit | edit source]

On 30 May 2026, a mob attacked Banerjee in Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district at around 3 PM. Citizens including a group of women protested against him with black flags and eggs. These eggs were hurled at Abhishek Banerjee followed by physical assault. Eggs and pieces of brick were thrown at him, while Banerjee saved himself by wearing a cricket helmet given by a party worker. He was given slaps, punches and physical assault, while slogans being continuously chanted against him. [25]

Banerjee was taken to the private hospital Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals on EM Bypass, where he was initially examined but not admitted. Then he was taken to Belle Vue Clinic at Minto Park, where he was given further evaluation. He was out of hospital at around 11 pm. [26][27]

Doctors at both the places called Banerjee's injuries superficial, with minor chest bruises, saying that hospital admission was not medically required.

This incidence resulted in big political controversy, with Mamata Banerjee alleging BJP for this incidence and also alleging the hospitals to working in tandem with the political masters on political and administrative pressure. In contrast, BJP has denied having any linkage to the given incidence. Instead, it has alleged Mamata Banerjee of threatening the hospital administration. [28]

05 persons have been arrested so far in the given incidence, though the BJP Government in West Bengal has called then TMC workers. [29] [30]

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA or INDI Alliance), right from Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and others, has wholeheartedly supported Mamata Banerjee on this cause. [31] [32]

Meanwhile Mamata has announced public protest on 02 June against the attacks on Abhishek Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee in rapid succession. [33]

2026 signature forgery case and teacher recruitment investigation[edit | edit source]

In May 2026, the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) began investigating allegations that Abhishek Banerjee's signature had been forged on documents linked to appointments in state-run schools. The matter emerged amid investigations into alleged irregularities in the teacher recruitment process. CID served a notice asking Banerjee to appear before investigators and provide his statement regarding the authenticity of the signatures in question.[34]

After receiving the notice, Banerjee sought fifteen days' time from the CID, citing medical reasons and treatment following injuries sustained during an attack on him in Sonarpur. CID officers subsequently visited his residence in Kolkata and served a second summons, asking him to cooperate with the investigation.[35][36]

On 30 May 2026, Banerjee moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the CID proceedings and seeking relief against the notices issued to him. His petition argued that the allegations and subsequent investigation were unjustified, while the CID maintained that his statement was required as part of the ongoing inquiry.[37]

Separately, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Banerjee in connection with its investigation into the alleged teacher recruitment scam and related money-laundering aspects of the case. The summons was issued while the CID's signature-forgery investigation was continuing, resulting in simultaneous inquiries by state and central agencies.[38][39]

According to reports, the ED directed Banerjee to appear before investigators in New Delhi for questioning regarding the alleged recruitment scam. Banerjee denied wrongdoing and described the actions against him as politically motivated.[40][41]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Bengal coal scam: Abhishek Banerjee's wife detained at Kolkata airport, called for questioning by ED". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "লুচি বেলতে ব্যস্ত রুজিরা, গুরু নানকের জন্মদিনে পুত্র-কন্যাকে পাশে নিয়ে লঙ্গরসেবা অভিষেক-পত্নীর". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ↑ PTI (17 October 2014). "Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress". 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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Banerjee, Shri Abhishek". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Kundu, Indrajit (5 June 2021). "Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made general secretary". India Today. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as general secretary". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography".
  8. ↑ "Bengal coal scam: Abhishek Banerjee's wife detained at Kolkata airport, called for questioning by ED". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "লুচি বেলতে ব্যস্ত রুজিরা, গুরু নানকের জন্মদিনে পুত্র-কন্যাকে পাশে নিয়ে লঙ্গরসেবা অভিষেক-পত্নীর". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  11. ↑ "32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituencies". The Economic Times. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Elections.in - India's First Elections Website".
  13. ↑ "Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40". The Indian Express. As nephew of party chief Mamata Banerjee, he 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, Banerjee was made a member of several key parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Commerce.
  14. ↑ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  15. ↑ "Abhishek sets new record in WB, wins by margin of over 7.1 lakh votes". The Times of India. 5 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  16. ↑ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "Opposition alliance named 'INDIA', 11-member coordination committee to decide on all important issues". The Times of India. 19 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  18. ↑ Singh, Mritunjay. "Sharad Pawar, Tejashwi, Raghav Chadha Named In I.N.D.I.A's 13-Member Coordination Panel". ABP Live. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee, Wife Summoned In Money Laundering Case". The NDTV. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in money laundering case". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "Mamata Banerjee's Nephew, Wife to Appear Before ED for Interrogation in Coal Scam Case". The Wire. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with Bengal school jobs scam". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee grilled by ED for nine hours over teacher recruitment scam". The New Indian express. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  24. ↑ ""I Have Nothing To Hide": Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee Appears Before Probe Agency". NDTV. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "'Chor, Chor To Eggs, Stones: How Attack On Abhishek Banerjee Unfolded". NDTV. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "You should be ashamed': Mamata's heated hospital exchange hours after Abhishek Banerjee faces stone pelting". Indian express. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "'He could have died': Mamata vs hospital over Abhishek Banerjee's injuries after Sonarpur attack". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  28. ↑ "'Victim of state-sponsored terrorism': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee day after attack". Telegraph. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "Five arrested for attack on TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "Big Twist In Abhishek Banerjee Attack Case: Arrested Accused Linked To Ex-TMC MLA Lovely Maitrae". News 18. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  31. ↑ "R ahul Gandhi called me- Abhishek Banerjee". Times of india. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  32. ↑ "Attack On Abhishek Banerjee In Bengal Gives INDIA Bloc Fresh Momentum". NDTV. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  33. ↑ "After Abhishek Banerjee, attack against Kalyan Banerjee ignites row, Mamata to protest on June 2; BJP says reflection of public anger". ANI. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  34. ↑ "Abhishek Banerjee moves Calcutta HC against signature forgery allegations". The Hindu. 31 May 2026.
  35. ↑ "CID revisits Abhishek Banerjee's residence in forged signature case after TMC MP seeks 15 days citing illness". India Today. 1 June 2026.
  36. ↑ "Fake signature row: CID serves second summons to Abhishek". The Pioneer. 2026.
  37. ↑ "Abhishek Banerjee moves Calcutta HC against signature forgery allegations". The Hindu. 31 May 2026.
  38. ↑ "Troubles mount for TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee after CID, ED summons him in teachers' recruitment case". The Times of India. 1 June 2026.
  39. ↑ "Trouble mounts for TMC MP: CID notice pending, ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in teacher recruitment scam". The Indian Express. 1 June 2026.
  40. ↑ "Troubles mount for TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee after CID, ED summons him in teachers' recruitment case". The Times of India. 1 June 2026.
  41. ↑ "Trouble mounts for TMC MP: CID notice pending, ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in teacher recruitment scam". The Indian Express. 1 June 2026.
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