Former Assam Assembly speaker Sheikh Chand Mohammed passed away on Saturday morning at around 3:30 am in Nemcare Hospital in Guwahati after a long period of illness.
He was 94.
Sheikh Chand Mohammed was the Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 1979 to 1986. He had been undergoing treatment at his residence at Gandhi Basti in Guwahati.
The state government took the responsibility of his treatment and as he passed away, condolences poured in on social media by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, among others.
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