Abdur Razzak Molla

Abdur Razzak Molla
আব্দুর রেজ্জাক মোল্লা
Minister of Land and Land Reforms Government of West Bengal
In office
1991–2011
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–2016
ConstituencyCanning Purba
In office
2016–2021
ConstituencyBhangar
Personal details
Born(1944-07-31)31 July 1944
Died11 April 2025(2025-04-11) (aged 80)
Bankra, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
PartyTrinamool Congress (2016–2025)
Bharatiya Naybichar Party (BNP) (expelled in 2016)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (expelled in 2014)[1]
ParentArsed Molla (father)

Abdur Razzak Molla[a] (31 July 1944 – 11 April 2025) was an Indian politician who served as Minister for Land and Land Reforms in the Left Front Ministry in West Bengal. He became MLA for 11 terms in his political career.[2][3]

Background

Molla was son of the late Arsed Molla,[4] attracted to the Communist movement while a college student and started his political career on the peasant front.[5][6] Molla was born at Bankri village in a farming family in rural South 24 Parganas. He passed Secondary Education in 1978.[4]

Molla died on 11 April 2025, at the age of 80.[7]

Political career

Molla was elected from the Canning Purba seat from 1977 to 2011.[8] He was one of the few ministers to retain his seat in the 2011 elections.[9]

In February 2014, the CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee issued a note expelling Molla from the party for his anti-party activities. He formed a new political party- Bharatiya Naybichar Party (BNP) on 18 October 2014. However, Molla was expelled from the BNP for establishing relationship with Mamata Banerjee and TMC in Jan 2016 and he joined hands with Trinamool Congress officially in Feb 2016.[10]

He was made a candidate for the Trinamool Congress from Bhangar for the 2016 assembly elections.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ alternatively spelled Rezzak Mollah

References

  1. ↑ "CPI(M) expels rebel leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah - IBNLive". ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "'শুনলাম আমার মৃত্যুর খবর রটেছে!' ভুয়ো খবর নিয়ে প্রতিক্রিয়া মন্ত্রী রেজ্জাকের". Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Veteran West Bengal leader Abdur Razzak Mollah dies at 80; CM Mamata Banerjee calls it 'irreplaceable void'". The Times of India. 11 April 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Abdur Razzak Molla(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- FALTA(SOUTH 24 PARGANAS) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Abdur Razzak Molla – CPI(M)". myneta.info. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "'The CPI(M) Has To Change Its Attitude To Win Bengal'". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 22, Dated 6 June 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "প্রয়াত রেজ্জাক মোল্লা".
  8. ↑ "106 – Canning East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Canning Purba". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Project SECURITY".
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