A delegation from Nanakmatta under Sitarganj Assembly constituency has handed over a memorandum addressed to the Governor K K Paul through the MlA Nanakmatta Prem Singh Rana on Wednesday, demanding removal of the term Eastern Pakistan (Bangladesh) from the caste certificates issued to Bengali community based there.
The delegation was led by the local BJP leader Suranjan Rai. They met the local BJP MlA at the latter’s office in Dehradun and served the memorandum.
The Bengali community people have been residing for the past 40 years in Nanakmatta under Sitarganj Assembly constituency, said Rai after the memorandum was served.
“The Bengali community living here are mostly from Hindu Namo Sudra caste. The caste certificate issued to us refer us as the refugees from East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. But we applied for the caste certificates as citizens of India,” he added.
Rana assured the delegation that he would do everything to correct things for them.