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'''Bangla Jatiya Dal''' was a [[political party]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], led by Jahangir Kabir. It was a splinter group of [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]. Ahead of the 1969 West Bengal legislative assembly election, BJD sought to join the [[United Front (1967)|United Front]]. However, its entry into the United Front was barred by the [[Bangla Congress]]. Kabir's brother, Humayun Kabir had been instrumental in bringing down the UF ministry in 1967.<ref name="rao">M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 242, 264.</ref>

The BJD presented 16 candidates in 1969 assembly election. None, however, were elected. In total the BJD got 25081 votes.<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf List Of Political Parties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228224555/http://eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |date=2008-02-28 }}</ref>

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