Abhishek Banerjee (politician)

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Abhishek Banerjee
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded bySomendra Nath Mitra
ConstituencyDiamond Harbour
Majority320,594 (2019)
General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress
In office
5 June 2021
Preceded bySubrata Bakshi
President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress
In office
5 June 2015 – 5 June 2021
Preceded bySuvendu Adhikari
Succeeded bySaayoni Ghosh
Personal details
Born7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) (age 34)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Spouse(s)Rujira Narula
RelativesMamata Banerjee (aunt)
Alma materIndian Institute of Planning and Management
ProfessionPolitician

Abhishek Banerjee[1][2] (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), South 24 Parganas, West Bengal since 2014. He is one of the most prominent face of Trinamool Congress who is doing outreach program to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura. Banerjee has also been the National President of All India Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011,[3] the youth wing of the All India Trinamool Congress, currently in power in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the Standing Committee[4] of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.

He currently serves as a member of Standing Committee[4] of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.[7] He was born and raised in Kolkata, India. Banerjee attended Nava Nalanda High School and M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School both in Kolkata. Later, Banerjee moved to Delhi and pursued his B.B.A. and M.B.A. in Human Resource and Marketing from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM),[4] New Delhi in 2009. Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on 24 February 2012. He has two children, a daughter named Azania and a son named Aayansh.[4]

Political career[]

Abhishek Banerjee joined politics as a member of All India Trinamool Congress in 2011 after the party had uprooted 34 years of Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front regime by winning the Assembly Election in the same year. Abhishek Banerjee was recognised as the youth icon of All India Trinamool Congress when he was selected as the National President of All India Trinamool Youth Congress in 2011.[8]

In 2014, Banerjee contested the Lok Sabha Elections on behalf of All India Trinamool Congress as a candidate from the constituency of Diamond Harbour and won by a significant margin defeating the nearest opponent from Communist Party of India (Marxist).[9] At that time, Banerjee was the youngest parliamentarian in the lower house.[10] He had also arranged the M.P Cup Football Tournament[11] in his constituency to inspire the youth to engage in sports and physical activities. After the successful completion of his first tenure, Banerjee won the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Diamond Harbour with a margin of 320,594 votes, defeating the nearest opponent from BJP.[12]

Controversies[]

A man named Devasish Acharya slapped Abhishek for some unknown reasons. He was then beaten up by party workers and admitted in hospital. He died mysteriously on 18 June 2021. His family claims it was a murder.[13]

Membership drive[]

In the year 2020 Abhishek in association with TMC launched Banglar Jubo Shakti where his motive was to get 100000+ youths get registered to it, where they can help people of West Bengal In distress.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ admin (5 June 2021). "Mamata's nephew appointed as Trinamool general secretary". UP Times News. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Prince of Trinamool". India Today. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ PTI (17 October 2014). "Mamata Banerjee sets stage for nephew Abhishek for bigger role in Trinamool Congress". dnaindia.com. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 14 April 2020. Entrusting Trinamool Congress MP and Abhishek Banerjee with more responsibilities, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today merged the 'Trinamool Congress Yuva' with the party's youth wing.
  4. ^ a b c d "Parliament of India - Lok Sabha Official Website".
  5. ^ Kundu, Indrajit (5 June 2021). "Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee made national general secretary". India Today. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee TMC as national general secretary". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Elections India - Abhishek Banerjee Biography".
  8. ^ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  9. ^ "Elections.in - India's First Elections Website".
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "All India Trinamool Congress Official Website".
  12. ^ "Elections.in - India's First Elections Website".
  13. ^ "Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek Banerjee Slapped at Public Meeting". NDTV. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  14. ^ বাংলা যুবশক্তির সদস্যদের ১০টি করে পরিবারের দায়িত্ব নেওয়ার নির্দেশ অভিষেকের Hindustan Times Bangla. Retrieved 29 June 2021


Lok Sabha
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in Lok Sabha for Diamond Harbour
2014 – 		Incumbent
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