Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Trinamool Congress" in English language version.
The Congress alliance, led by populist Mamata Banerji, has won elections in the West Bengal state assembly.
This is for the first time we have made Bengali pride our main poll plank. Bengali pride is not just about Bengalis; it appeals to all sons of the soil," senior TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy told PTI.
The TMC has decided to counter the BJP's Hindutva majoritarian politics by invoking Bengali sub-nationalism ahead of the State Assembly polls. With Mamata Banerjee setting the tone herself, TMC leaders have started attacking the BJP as a party of 'outsiders' trying to mount an assault on Bengalis.
{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)Due to several political developments over the past few years, the EC wants the three political parties to respond on why their 'national party' status should not be taken away.
These crises pushed the Trinamool to declare its Bengali nativist line even more vociferously, hoping that this new narrative will break the party's free fall.
It is a recognised State party in West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, satisfying one of the conditions of the Election Commission.
The Congress alliance, led by populist Mamata Banerji, has won elections in the West Bengal state assembly.
{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help){{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)It is a recognised State party in West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, satisfying one of the conditions of the Election Commission.