Trinamool

The Trinamool Congress, officially All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), formerly referred to as West Bengal Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently, it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the fourth-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and the Samajwadi Party.