Bharatiya Lok Dal

Bharatiya Lok Dal
Founded1974
Dissolved1977
Preceded byBharatiya Kranti Dal
Samyukta Socialist Party
Swatantra Party
Utkal Congress
Merged intoJanata Party
IdeologyAnti-Indira Gandhi
Political positionCentre-left

Bharatiya Lok Dal (transl. Indian Peoples' Party) was a political party in India. The BLD or simply BL was formed at the end of 1974 through the fusion of seven parties opposed to the rule of Indira Gandhi, including the Swatantra Party, the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Utkal Congress and the Bharatiya Kranti Dal. The leader of the BLD was Charan Singh.