Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee

Facts

1. November 7, 1987, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

2. His father is Shri Amit Banerjee, and his mother is Smt. Lata Banerjee.

3. Abhishek pursued B.B.A. and M.B.A. (Human Resource and Marketing) from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIM) in New Delhi in 2009.

4. In 2011, Abhishek joined politics as a member of the All India Trinamool Congress.

5. He became the National President of the party’s youth wing, the All India Trinamool Youth Congress, in the same year.

6. Since 2011, he has been actively involved in political activities.

7. In June 2021, he was appointed as the General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress.

8. Abhishek Banerjee married Rujira Banerjee on February 24, 2012.

9. The couple has two children.

10. Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a fresh summon to Abhishek Banerjee in a money laundering case related to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.

11. He and his wife, Rujira Banerjee, approached the Apex Court over the ED’s jurisdictional powers, seeking to be questioned in Kolkata instead of New Delhi.

12. Abhishek Banerjee remains steadfast, stating, “We will not be cowed down. We will bow down before the people, not the people in power.”

13. Abhishek enjoys reading biographies of international achievers and listening to old Hindi songs.

14. His favorite pastimes include playing cricket, soccer, and snooker.