North 24 Parganas (West Bengal), Aug 01 (ANI): Matua Mahasangha followers staged a ‘rail roko andolan’ against Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft on Wednesday. The protest was staged in various parts of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas. Protestors raised slogans and held banners during the protest. They blocked train movement in protest. The NRC draft list, released on Monday, has incorporated 2.89 crore people out of 3.29 crore applicants, leaving out nearly 40 lakh people in the state. The list was released in line with the directions of the Supreme Court to identify permanent residents and illegal migrants from Bangladesh.
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