Mamata Banerjee (born January 5, 1955) is West Bengals recently elected chief minister. With a landslide victory in the 2011 state assembly elections, she dismantled 34 years of communist rule in her home state of West Bengal. A feisty politician, Mamata Banerjee is the chief of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a party she established in 1997 after breaking away from the Congress, the party she started her career with in the early 70s. She has held several important portfolios in the four decades that she has been in politics. In 1991, she was minister of state for human resources, youth affairs and sports; and women and child development with the Congress government at the Centre. In 1999, she allied with the BJP and was appointed minister for railways. Back as an ally with the Congress in 2004, she got the coal and mines portfolio and in 2009, she became the railway minister for the second time round. Popularly known as Didi, Mamata Banerjee played a crucial role in highlighting the states alleged atrocities on the people of Nandigram and in supporting the farmers of Singur when they protested against the land acquisition by the state for the Tata Nano project. Over the years, Mamata has remained true to her roots. The daughter of a school teacher, she continues to lead a frugal lifestyle; her white cotton sari and rubber sandals are her trademark. 21 hours ago · Like Pinaki Dhar Write a comment... ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (OFFICIAL) shared a link. Yesterday West Bengal to get Powerloom Park at Belur Read: https://aitmc.org/news_details.php?nid=1678 AITMC :: News - West Bengal to get Powerloom Park at Belur aitmc.org 5Unlike · · Share You and 20 others like this. Pinaki Dhar Mamata Banerjee Profile...See More 21 hours ago · Like Pinaki Dhar Write a comment... ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (OFFICIAL) shared a link. Yesterday Shelters for the Economically Weaker Section of the Society - Trinamool Govt shows the way Read: https://aitmc.org/news_details.php?nid=1677
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