Bangla Bachao Front

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Bangla Bachao Front (Save Bengal Front), a front of opposition parties contesting the 2001 West Bengal legislative assembly elections. [1] The front was led by All India Trinamool Congress and also included Bharatiya Janata Party, the Jharkhand Party, the Kamtapur Peoples Party, Samata Party and a break-away group of Biplobi Bangla Congress.

The front gave support to Gorkha National Liberation Front candidates in three constituencies.

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  1. "Congress not an asset but a burden: Mamata".