Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
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Founder | Charan Singh |
Founded | October 1967 |
Succeeded by | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
Ideology | Populism[1] |
Colours | Green |
Election symbol | |
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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.[2] After the 1977 general election, the successor party of the BKD, Bharatiya Lok Dal was merged into the Janata Party.[3]
The seeds for the formation of BKD were sown on 9 April 1967, when Humayun Kabir organised a meeting of all non-Congress Chief Ministers and other important leaders in Delhi.[4]: 37 At Indore session of BKD in November 1967, Mahamaya Prasad Sinha was elected as first chairman of the party.[4]: 83
The Bharatiya Kranti Dal(BKD) and the Akali Dal, two other right-wing parties...
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