Ms. Mamata Banerjee
(Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal and Chairperson, All
India Trinamool Congress), daughter of Late Promileswar Banerjee and
Mrs.Gayatri Banerjee, was born in Kolkata. Her father was a freedom fighter and her mother who has
supported her family through all its ups and downs, had instilled
in Ms. Banerjee the spirit of fair play, deep feeling for all
human beings and the courage to stand for the
down trodden. These values in her have been the guiding force,
which has driven her to take on the most difficult of challenges
and tasks.Ms. Banerjee holds
Bachelor Degrees in Arts (B.A.), Education
(B.Ed), Law (LLB) and a Masters degree in Arts
(M.A.).............
Mamata Banerjee had carried out numerous movements in the interest of the people over a time period but simultaneously she was realizing that to take her movement ahead she needed a separate platform to raise her voice against the barbaric rule of the CPI(M). Being with the Congress party was becoming a hindrance. It was this idea and need which gave birth to the Trinamool Congress on January 1, 1998.
The time she chose was the end of 11th Lok Sabha and beginning of 12th Lok Sabha. As a politician of much experience and stature, she understood that it was the right time to launch the party and feel the pulses of the electorates as ....