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Abhishek Banerjee (politician)

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Abhishek Banerjee
Leader of All India Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 August 2025
Children2
Relatives Mamata Banerjee (paternal aunt)
Education Nava Nalanda High School M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School Indian Institute of Planning and Management (MBA, BBA)
Alma mater Indian Institute of Planning and Management (B.BA, M.BA)
Profession Politician

Abhishek Banerjee (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, since 2014 and President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011. [1]

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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. [2] of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed the general secretary of Trinamool Congress. [3] [4]

Personal life

Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He was born into a Bengali Hindu family. [5] 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, [2] In 2009, New Delhi. On February 24, 2012, Banerjee wed Rujira, a Thai national. They are parents to a son and a daughter together. [2]

Political career

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, Abhishek Banerjee was elected National President of the All India Trinamool Youth Congress, establishing him as the Trinamool Congress's youth icon. [6]

Banerjee represented the TMC in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as a candidate from the Diamond Harbour constituency. [7] He defeated the closest CPI(M) opponent by a wide margin. [8] At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house. [9] He also organised the M.P. Cup Football Tournament. [10] 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 BJP by a margin of 320,594 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Diamond Harbour. [8] Abhishek breaks 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. [11] [12]

Partner of the Indian National Developmental Alliance's coordination committee

At the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance convention in Mumbai on September 1, 2023, Banerjee was named a member of the Coordination Committee. [13] [14] 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 ]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Banerjee, Shri Abhishek". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Kundu, Indrajit (5 June 2021). "Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made general secretary". India Today. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as general secretary". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography".
  6. ↑ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. 1 2 "Elections.in - India's First Elections Website".
  9. ↑ "Youth Parliament: What it means to have 64 MPs aged below 40". The Indian Express. 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.
  10. ↑ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ 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.
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