Pragatisheel Indira Congress

Pragatisheel Indira Congress
Pragatisheel Indira Congress
Founder	Somendra Nath Mitra
Founded	19 July 2008
Split from	Indian National Congress
Merged into	All India Trinamool Congress
Student wing	Pragatisheel Chhatra Dal
Youth wing	Pragatisheel Yuva Dal
Ideology	Nationalism; Democratic socialism; Socialism
Colours	Green
ECI Status	Dissolved party[1]
Alliance	UPA
Seats in	0 / 295 (West Bengal Legislative Assembly); 0 / 235 (Tamil Nadu Legislature)
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Pragatisheel India Congress (PIC) is a political party in India that was formed by Somendra Nath Mitra. In July 2008, Somendra Nath Mitra left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, Pragatisheel Indira Congress. In October 2009, the party was officially merged with the All India Trinamool Congress.

The party intends to fight the upcoming 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with the primary intention of eroding the vote-share of the incumbent All India Trinamool Congress party which runs the government in West Bengal.
Roy, who had formerly been a Railway Minister and also a senior functionary of the Trinamool Congress was expelled from the party in 2015. Initially he contemplated joining hands with either the BJP or the Congress Party but after considering his prospects he decided to not go with any of the national parties and instead went on to form his own party.

List of party post holders

Chairman : Somendra Nath Mitra.
State President: Jayanta Bhattacharya
General Secretary: Samir Aich.
General Secretary : Chandrima Bhattacharya
Youth Wing President : Priyal Chowdhury

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References

"List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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[1] "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.