The socio-historical necessity created by the political-economic scenario of 1990s played the genetic role to beget the Trinamool Congress to democratically fight the continuing Stalinist subjugation-based on terror and rigged election in West Bengal. The nationalism in Mamata Banerjee prompted her also to visualise the threat being posed to the Indian National security by the CPI(M)’s efforts to cause Stalinist penetration into the body-politic of India through West Bengal being located on the sensitive international border directly with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and indirectly with China through Sikkim.

During Rajiv Gandhi’s leadership of the Indian National Congress, he disfavoured the “Power-Brokers” inside the Indian National Congress who then had to go either to oblivion or to some other party.

With the unfortunate assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1988, some of the “Power-Brokers” who earlier vowed not to come back to the Congress made re-entry into the Congress. They re-engaged themselves to manipulate the political strategies and tactics of the Indian National Congress in a manner beneficial to them. Therefore they were not hesitant to make any covert compromise with the CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist, although there was no ideological compatibility or programmatic proximity between the Congress and the CPM. The CPM earlier undertook extensive mass-campaign maligning Rajib. Furthermore, the CPM being committed to Stalinism is ideoligically against democracy, democratic socialism, religions and nationalism.

Seemingly the covert understanding between the said power-broker leaders of the Congress and the CPM of West Bengal was that while the CPM will secretly support either directly or indirectly the Congress will not destabilise the CPM rule continuing through the CPM-sponsored terror and rigged elections in West Bengal. Therefore, the CPM also assisted some of the power-brokers of West Bengal Congress to get birth either in the State Assembly or in the Parliament.

The political conscience of Mamata Banerjee – known as leader of the grass-root (Trinamool)-level political activists since her early days of political career as Student’s leader in 1968 – revolted against the said undemocratic and pro-Stalinist maneuvering. Specially since 1996, she tried her best constantly to persuade the then central leadership of the Congress to take cognizance of the growing wrath of the people of West Bengal against the continuing CPM regime but in vain. She was utterly frustrated when she found that, negating her honest pleadings, the Central leadership nominated – for the Parliamentary and State Assembly Elections in 1996 – such candidates whom the suffering people of West Bengal perceived as “Tarmuj” (Watermelon) meaning “green” (Congress-façade) outside but “red” (CPM-supporter) inside.

In the Parliament, she was upset to realise that she was not being allowed to speak on important issues in the Parliament. She was sad when she rightly perceived that the power-brokers were behind the ouster of the socialist Government of Deb Gowda at the center.

During the time of the succeding Gujral Government, she felt hurt to sense that the Congress has opted even to forget Rajiv Gandhi, when she saw that the Congress leadership did not come forward to support her notice for discussion in the Parliament as well as her representation to the President of India and the Speaker of the Parliament on the issue pertaining to the findings of the Jain Commission identifying the factors failing to prevent the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

Meanwhile, the state-sponsored Stalinist terror by the CPM-unrestrained by the Central leadership of the Congress-escalated against the wealth, dignity and life of even the proletairat in West Bengal. The suffering populace identified in Mamata Banerjee their genuine anti-CPM “messiah”. Naturally throughout West Bengal, these grass-root people en masse came forward to support the pro-people cause of Mamata Banerjee. The then Congress leadership choose to expel Mamata Banerjee from the Indian National Congress on 22nd December’1997.

Under these compelling circumstances, Mamata Banerjee decided on 23rd December’1997 to form her anti-Stalinist party and cheristened it as “Trinamool Congress”. The party got itself registered with the Election Commission of India during mid December ’1997. The Election Commission alloted to the party an exclusive symbol of “Jora Ghas Fool”. The Jora Ghas Fool designed by Mamata Banerjee herself, symbolises the down-trodden grass-root flowers.

While two flowers represent Hindu and Muslim communities, three petals in each flower are symbols of nationalism, secularism and democratic socialism. Naturally the aim and objectives of Trinamool Congress, as enunciated in its Party Constitution are Nationalism, Securalism, Socialism and Democracy. It may be remembered that the political philosophy of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose considered all the said four elements as vital for nation-building.

After the completion of all the needed formalities, people – in – billions throughout West Bengal – observed the birth of the Trinamool Congress on 1st January’1998 when the Trinamool Congress ushered in as Left-oriented Socialist Party having ideology in favour of Democratic Socialism and agaisnt Stalinism.

The newly born Trinamool Congress, in alliance with the National Democratic Alliance comprising, inter alia, the anti-Congress – Bharatiya Janata Party as well contested in 29 seats of West Bengal in the Parliamentary Elections of 1998. The growing popularity of Mamata Banerjee panicked the CPM so much that the Staninist CPM made it a policy ot marshall all its machinations, incuding State sponsored terrorism against the Trinamool Congress supporters and deployment of goons to annihilate even Mamata Banerjee – the boldest voice in favour of rescuing democracy from the continuing demonic rule of the Stalinists.

Inspite of all-out machiavellian efforts of the CPM-Congress nexus, the Trinamool Congress candidates including Mamata Banerjee won 7 Parliamentary seats in the Parliamentary Elections of 1998.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has gained the frontal leadership of the Congress. Naturally it was expected that the rule of the power-brokers would end and the Rajiv Gandhi legacy will be re-invigorated. Such optimism persuaded Mamta Banerjee to respond to the call of the Congress for joint fight against the CPM in the election of the West Bengal State Assembly in 2001.

Mamata Banerjee was so dedicated to her fight against Stalinism that – with a view to smoothening the so-assured joint fight of the Congress with the Trinamool Congress with the Trinamool Congress against the CPM – she even disassociated Trinamool Congress from the alliance of the National Democratic Alliance.

Therefore, she unhesitantly resigned from the coveted post the Railway Minister of the Vajpai Government.

Alas, her optimism was belied. She was betrayed again and back – stabbed by the coterie of the power-broker-leaders of the Congress who thereby facilitated the re-victory of the CPM in the said elections.

Under the circumstances, she returned back to the Natinal Democratic Alliance. When the National Democratic Alliance failed to get the majority after the Parliamentary Elections of 2004, and the Congress regained its rule in the Central Government with the support of the Stalinist CPM, the CPM re-invigorated its scheme to destabilise the Trinamool Congress.

The Stalinist CPM, in the interest of its continuing power in West Bengal, is desirous to have Soviet-type opposition-less regime in West Bengal and therefore works out to weaken the most effective opposition party Trinamool Congress. The Congress, in the interest of maintaining its regained power in the Central Government, is desirous to keep the CPM in good humour, even at the cost of Trinamool Congress and democracy.

Therefore, on the eve of the State-wide Municipal Elections in May’2005, the activists of the CPM-Congress nexus lured some leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress by promising them of lucrative political booty. They were given the task by the above said nexus to create intra-party trouble within the Trinamool Congress on the eve of the said Municipal Elections.

Sadly, some of those “agent provocateurs” were even personallly benefited by Mamata Banerjee who gave them either coveted posts in the Trinamool Congress-ruled Calcutta Municipal Corporation or in the bench of the West Bengal State Assembly. A husband-wife team in the gang of conspirators has exhibited so much of ungratefullness to Mamata Banerjee that they conveniently forgot that the party supremo gave the husband MLA-ship and gave the wife not only membership in the Mayoral Council of the Calcutta Corporation but also personally appeared in the Court to defend her when whe was arrested by the police on the basis of flimsy complaints lodged by pro-CPM elements in the Calcutta Corporation.

Mamata Banerjee – not a white-color desk-oriented politician but a bare-foot grass root-level leader of the down trodden people of West Bengal – could rightly sense the conspiracy. She decided not to bow to any pressure from the conspirators within the party to align with any pro-CPM party as she genuinely percieves that whoever supports the CPM in effect supports the Stalinism.

No doubt the people of West Bengal being the victim of Stalinist atrocities continuously for 28 years-appreciated the efficacy and wisdom shown by Mamata Banerjee in her momentous decision favouring ideological integrity and organisational firmness.