Salien Medhi (died 2016) was an Indian lawyer and politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[1] He was a state legislator in Assam 1967-1972.
Medhi entered the Guwahati High Court in 1962.[2] His legal career developed rapidly thereafter. He became a prominent member of the Guwahati High Court Bar Association.[2] As a RCPI leader he was closely linked to Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha.[2] Medhi helped Rabha during the latter's underground days.[2]
Medhi was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Jalukbari constituency in the 1967 election.[2] He got 14,384 votes (61.60%).[3] Medhi lost the Jalukbari seat in the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He finished in second place with 5,764 votes (25.09%).[4]
At different occasions he represented the Bar Association at meetings overseas.[2] During his trips abroad he met with personalities such as Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela.[2]
During his later years, Medhi was an active participant in the meetings of the Octogenarians' Club of Guwahati.[5] Salien Medhi died on 10 July 2016 at the age of 87.[2]