Jatiya Ekata Party was a progressive left wing party in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

History

Jatiya Ekata Party was led by

Suranjit Sengupta Suranjit Sengupta (5 May 1945 – 5 February 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh. He was the member of parliament from Sunamganj-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad ...

who was elected to the

Bangladesh Parliament The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

in 1979 on a nomination from the party. He was detained in 1981 under special powers act and released on 15 October 1982.

References

{{Reflist Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Political parties in Bangladesh Socialist parties in Asia Socialist parties in Bangladesh Defunct political parties in Bangladesh