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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Md. Abdus Saleh
| office = Member of [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 1997
| term_end1 = 2003
| predecessor1 = [[Lok Kindor Hajong]]
| successor1 = [[Nidhu Ram Hajong]]
| constituency1 = [[Mahendraganj Assembly constituency|Mahendraganj]]
| term_start2 = 2008
| term_end2 = 2013
| predecessor2 = [[Nidhu Ram Hajong]]
| successor2 = [[Dikkanchi D. Shira]]
| constituency2 = [[Mahendraganj Assembly constituency|Mahendraganj]]
| term_start3 = 2021
| term_end3 = 2023
| predecessor3 = [[Azad Zaman]]
| successor3 = [[Mizanur Rahman Kazi]]
| constituency3 = [[Rajabala Assembly constituency|Rajabala]]
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968 }}
| birth_place = [[Meghalaya]]
| death_place =
| death_date =
| party = [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] <small>(present)</small>
| alma_mater = [[St. Edmund's College, Shillong|St. Edmund's College]]
| relatives = Wife- Sultana Atifa, and 2 daughters
|
}}
'''Md. Abdus Saleh''' ({{langx|bn|মুহাম্মদ আব্দুস সালেহ}}) is an Indian politician and social worker from Meghalaya. He was the former MLA of [[Rajabala Assembly constituency|Rajabala]] and former three-time MLA of [[Mahendraganj Assembly constituency|Mahendraganj]] in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=my/>

==Early life and education==
Saleh was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the plain region of the [[West Garo Hills district]] of [[Meghalaya]] to parents Abdul Gofur and Sahara Begum.
Late Abdul Gofur was also a social worker and political leader of Mahendraganj. Abdul Gafur, who was a close associate of [[Purno A. Sangma]], died due to cardiac arrest while at a meeting with Purno A. Sangma in 1983.

Saleh graduated from [[St. Edmund's College, Shillong|St. Edmund's College]] (affiliated with [[North-Eastern Hill University]]) in 1989 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name=my>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/2008Meghalaya/candidate.php?candidate_id=5|title=Abdus Saleh|website=My Neta|access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=myneta>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/meghalaya2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=336|title=Abdus Saleh (Independent)|website=My Neta|access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

In 1999, Abdus Saleh married Sultana Atifa, with whom he has two daughters.

==Career==
Saleh began his political career in the 1997 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly by-election where he won as an Independent candidate. In 1998 he contested and won as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate for the [[Mahendraganj Assembly constituency|Mahendraganj]] constituency. He was unsuccessful as an independent candidate during the [[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]]. He rejoined the Congress party for the [[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]] and was successful once again.<ref name=result>{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/mahendraganj-meghalaya-assembly-constituency|website=Result University|title=Mahendraganj Assembly Constituency|access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

After reservation of the Mahendraganj Constituency, Saleh joined the fray for the [[Rajabala Assembly constituency|Rajabala]] constituency in 2013, but was unsuccessful in both the [[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013]] and [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]]s, in both of which he stood as an Independent candidate. The sudden demise of Dr. Azad Zaman necessitated a by-election for the Rajabala seat, which was held at the end of October 2021. Abdus Saleh, competing as the [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] candidate emerged successful.<ref name=net>{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/rajabala-meghalaya-assembly-constituency|website=Result University|title=Rajabala Assembly Constituency|access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

In a historical feat, Saleh has become the only person in Meghalaya to have won two separate by-elections, from two separate constituencies, almost 25 years apart.

Saleh has held important portfolios of the Meghalaya Government. He was the Minister of State in charge of Finance, Agriculture and Health under E.K. Mawlong's leadership in 2001. He was the Minister of State in charge of Power and PHC in 2002 under the leadership of Dr. F.W. Khonglam. Under Mukul Sangma's leadership, Saleh was the Parliamentary Secretary of Home, Transport and Taxation from 2009 to 2013. He has also served as the Chairman of Meghalaya Government Construction Corporation from 1999, and the co-chairman of Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation from 2014. He was also Chairman of Minority in Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee, and the Chairman of the Meghalaya State Waqf Board.

Currently, Abdus Saleh is serving as the Chairman of the [[Meghalaya State Planning Board]] under the leadership of Conrad K. Sangma.

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[[Category:21st-century Bengali people]]
[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1993–1998]]
[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1998–2003]]
[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:People from West Garo Hills district]]
[[Category:North-Eastern Hill University alumni]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National People's Party (India) politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Bengali Muslims]]
[[Category: Muslims from Meghalaya]]

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KathrinChick016 at 07:32, 13 November 2025