Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) was a socialist political party in Bangladesh.

History

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal was established in 1972 following a split in

Bangladesh Chhatra League Bangladesh Chhatra League, simply Chhatra League (), is the student wing of the political party, Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. The organisation is banned and listed as a terrorist organisation in B ...

. The party split twice during the term of President Ziaur Rahman. It split again during the rule of President

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

, forming

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (, 'National Socialist Party') is a List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was formed in 2002, through a split from the original Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The party is sometimes refe ...

, led by A. S. M. Abdur Rab, and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj), led by

Shajahan Siraj Shajahan Siraj (1 March 1943 – 14 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). As a student, he was involved with the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was one of the founders o ...

References

{{Reflist, 30em 1972 establishments in Bangladesh Political parties established in 1972 Defunct political parties in Bangladesh Socialist parties in Asia Socialist parties in Bangladesh