ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS

ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS

Mamata Banerjee had carried out numerous movements in the interest of the people over a period of time, she was realising that to take her movement ahead, she needed a separate platform to raise her voice against the rule of the CPI(M). It was this idea and need which gave birth to the All India Trinamool Congress on January 1, 1998. The official election symbol of the TMC is Jora Ghas Phul (two flowers with grass). The party name and election symbol represents 'grassroots' - the name contains the Bengali word trinamool, which literally means grassroots, and the symbol is a sapling emerging from the ground. The symbol is known as Jora Ghas Phul (Bengali: grass and flower; two flowers with grass). The symbol again imbibes the tricolour of the Indian flag and its political slogan of ‘Ma Maati Manush' (Mother Motherland and People) highlights its significance. The symbol signifies that the party stands for the under trodden sections of society.