Assam: Former minister and Senior Advocate Abdul Muhib Majumdar passes away at 89
- Nov 03, 2021,
- Updated Nov 03, 2021, 4:57 PM IST
GUWAHATI: After a month long battle for his life, renowned Senior Advocate of Gauhati High Court and former minister Abdul Muhib Majumdar on on Tuesday night breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the state’s capital city aged 89.
The creator of the much talked IMDT Act, Majumdar's mortal remains will be taken to his Hatigaon residence from GMCH and his last rites will be performed today.
He was Advocate General of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and was elected four times to the Assam Legislative Assembly- from 1983 – 1991, 1996-2001 and 2011-2016.
Mazumder became a Cabinet Minister of Assam in 1983 in the Congress Ministry headed by Hiteswar Saikia looking after law, power and municipal administration departments till 1985. In 1990s he formed a new party called UPPA (United Peoples Party of Assam) and again became a Cabinet Minister of Assam in 1996 in the AGP-led coalition Ministry headed by Prafulla Kumar Mahanta looking after irrigation department till 2001.
He disbanded UPPA and became the President of Samajwadi Party in Assam. Later he came back to Congress. Mr Mazumder was Deputy Leader of Opposition (1986-1991) and formerly Vice Chairman, State Planning Board of Assam. Other posts held by him were Member, State Security Commission; Member, AICC; Vice President APCC; Chairman APCC Minority Cell; Adviser Minority Department of APCC among others.
Among many of his landmark cases the one in which he defended late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi against her Prosecution by Tirkha Commission in 1977-78 in the High Court was noteworthy. Two other landmarks in his career were drafting of the IMDT Act (Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunal Act) 1983 and Assam Accord 1985 as the then Law Minister of Assam.