Published on : 19 Nov 2025, 4:08 pm

Bishwanath: A strong wave of resentment swept Biswanath when the All Santal Students’ Union, Biswanath District Committee, organised a huge protest programme demanding justice and recognition for the indigenous Santal community.

More than five hundred members of the community took part in the protest held at the Kachari Maidan near the Biswanath Deputy Commissioner’s office. The demonstrators sat in for four hours, pressing a set of five major demands meant to ensure constitutional and social rights for the Santal population.

Among them, the first demand was for granting Scheduled Tribe status to the indigenous Santal people under Article 342 of the Constitution of India, which has been pending for years. Protesters said this community, despite b

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