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PNSUP rallies in Malda demand recognition
The Statesman Siliguri
|January 14, 2025
The protesters also called for the scrapping of the Waqf Bill and an increase in allowances for clerics
After Cooch Behar, Malda today became the epicenter of another rally by leaders and members of the Paschimbanga Nasya Sheikh Unnayan Parishad (PNSUP), who reiterated their demand for recognition as 'sons of the soil' to protect their community from the potential implications of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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