2026 Trinamool Congress split
The 2026 Trinamool Congress (AITC) split refers to the fracturing of the regional party that had governed West Bengal for fifteen consecutive years, into two rival factions in June 2026. The rupture created the Mamata Banerjee–Abhishek Banerjee bloc (later renamed as Mamata All India Trinamool Congress with symbol "football player") and the Ritabrata Banerjee–Sandipan Saha bloc (Democratic Trinamool Congress with symbol "envelope") within the party following its defeat in the 2026 West Bengal polls. AITC was established in 1998, and the Election Commission of India recognises it as a regional party. One faction of the party remained loyal to its founder and chairperson, Mamata Banerjee, and her nephew and general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee. The other—led by Ritabrata Banerjee and fellow Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sandipan Saha—positioned itself as the party's legislative wing in the new assembly.
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