The United Front (Bengali: যুক্তফ্রণ্ট) was a political coalition in West Bengal, India, formed shortly after the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It was conceived on 25 February 1967, through the joining of the United Left Front and the People's United Left Front, along with other parties. Soon after its formation, a massive rally was held in Calcutta, at which an 18-point programme of the Front was presented. Ajoy Mukherjee, leader of the Bangla Congress, was the head of the United Front.[1]
The Front formed a state government with Mukherjee as its chief minister and Jyoti Basu became the Deputy Chief Minister,[2] dislodging the Indian National Congress for the first time in the history of the state. The ministry took oath on 15 March 1967.[3]