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Karim Uddin Barbhuiya
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, also known by his daak naam (saju) (Bengali: সাজু), is an All India United Democratic Front politician and businessman from Assam, India. He was the General Secretary (Political Affairs) of All India United Democratic Front Central Committee from 2016 to 2024. He has been serving as a Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Sonai since 2021.[1]
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Early life and family
Karim Uddin Barbhuiya was born into a Bengali Muslim family from Kanakpur, Cachar district, Assam. His father, Rahim Uddin Barbhuiya, was supposedly the descendant of a Mirashdar[note 1] that was endowed the title of Barbhuiya by the erstwhile Raja of Kachar for paying a fee of 50 monetary units.[3]
In 2019, Barbhuiya graduated from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[4]
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Career
Barbhuiya is the general secretary of the All India United Democratic Front's central committee and is also the head of the party's Barpeta branch. During 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly elections he contested unsuccessfully against Aminul Haque Laskar but in 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly elections, he defeated Aminul Haque Laskar by a margin of 19,654 votes and was elected into the Assam Legislative Assembly.[5]
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