Noor leaves behind a void

Statesman News Service

MALDA, July 11: The Congress in Malda is in a stupor following the death of the party district president and Sujapur MLA Rubi Noor. Hundreds of followers of Ghani Khan Choudhury family are in mourning in Malda. Rubi Noor had taken up the reins of the party in Malda after the death of the Congress patriarch and her brother the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. “Her death has created a major void in the party's district unit,” most Congress leaders wailed. Congress supporters are also anxious about who the next party district president would be and who would contest from Sujapur. A section of the Congress supporters want Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury, brother of Rubi Noor to become the next party district president and Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi as the PCC chief should control the party in the district. Noor (63) passed away in a private hospital in Kolkata last night. She was suffering from cancer. Noor entered politics in 1991, as desired by ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, contesting from the Sujapur assembly segment in Kaliachak block. She was unbeaten in Sujapur and won every election she contested in as MLA. She had replaced Mrs Sabitri Mitra in taking charge of the party district president's post in 2001. Her body will be brought to Malda tomorrow for the last rites.