Bangla Press Desk: Before 2008, Sadhan Chandra Majumder used to sit on mats at different village markets to buy paddy. He would deliver that paddy to different destinations by bullock cart. In this way, he became a rice trader. In the 1980s, he set up a rice mill in his home area, Niamatpur, Naogaon. Gradually, he got involved in politics. In 1984, he was elected chairman of Hajinagar Union Parishad, and later, chairman of Niamatpur Upazila. In 2008, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the first time from Naogaon-1 (Niamatpur-Porsha-Sapahar constituency). Since then, he has been elected MP four times consecutively. From being Union Parishad Chairman of Hajinagar, he eventually became Food Minister in the Awami League government—twice.
Sadhan Chandra Majumder was born in 1950 into a lower-middle-class family in Shibpur Baldahghat village, Niamatpur, Naogaon. His father, the late Kaminikumar Majumder, was the headteacher of Shibpur Government Primary School. At that time, communication was poor; villagers had to walk through broken roads to reach Niamatpur. There were no vehicles—boats, walking, bicycles, horse carts, and bullock carts were the main means of transportation. Niamatpur was a remote rural area in the truest sense.
Conversations with locals and family sources reveal that after the political shift during the 1/11 caretaker government era, Sadhan Chandra Majumder won the 2008 election from Naogaon-1 (Porsha, Sapahar, and Niamatpur). Before that, he had contested twice from the same seat but lost to BNP candidates. The political changes of 1/11 became a blessing for him.
Now, in his constituency, people talk about his sudden massive wealth despite being a rice trader once. The burning question among the people: how did he become so rich overnight?
From rice trader to billionaire politician
Banglapress
Published: 23 September 2025, 10:26 AM
Bangla Press Desk: Before 2008, Sadhan Chandra Majumder used to sit on mats at different village markets to buy paddy. He would deliver that paddy to different destinations by bullock cart. In this way, he became a rice trader. In the 1980s, he set up a rice mill in his home area, Niamatpur, Naogaon. Gradually, he got involved in politics. In 1984, he was elected chairman of Hajinagar Union Parishad, and later, chairman of Niamatpur Upazila. In 2008, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the first time from Naogaon-1 (Niamatpur-Porsha-Sapahar constituency). Since then, he has been elected MP four times consecutively. From being Union Parishad Chairman of Hajinagar, he eventually became Food Minister in the Awami League government—twice.
Sadhan Chandra Majumder was born in 1950 into a lower-middle-class family in Shibpur Baldahghat village, Niamatpur, Naogaon. His father, the late Kaminikumar Majumder, was the headteacher of Shibpur Government Primary School. At that time, communication was poor; villagers had to walk through broken roads to reach Niamatpur. There were no vehicles—boats, walking, bicycles, horse carts, and bullock carts were the main means of transportation. Niamatpur was a remote rural area in the truest sense.
Conversations with locals and family sources reveal that after the political shift during the 1/11 caretaker government era, Sadhan Chandra Majumder won the 2008 election from Naogaon-1 (Porsha, Sapahar, and Niamatpur). Before that, he had contested twice from the same seat but lost to BNP candidates. The political changes of 1/11 became a blessing for him.
Now, in his constituency, people talk about his sudden massive wealth despite being a rice trader once. The burning question among the people: how did he become so rich overnight?
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