Bangla Jatiya Dal was a political party

Political party

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 in West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

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, led by Jahangir Kabir. It was a splinter-group of Bharatiya Kranti Dal

Bharatiya Kranti Dal

Bharatiya Kranti Dal was a political party in India, formed by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Charan Singh. The party was founded at a meeting in Lucknow in October 1967. After the 1977 general election, the party merged into the Janata Party....

. Ahead of the 1969 West Bengal legislative assembly election, BJD sought to join the United Front

United Front (1967)

The United Front was a political coalition in West Bengal, India, formed shortly after the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It was conceived on February 25, 1967, through the joining together of the United Left Front and the People's United Left Front, along with other parties...

. However, its entry into the United Front was barred by the Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

. Kabir's brother, Humayun Kabir had been instrumental in bringing down the UF ministry in 1967.

The BJD presented 16 candidates in 1969 assembly election. None, however, were elected. In total the BJD got 25081 votes.