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Canada MP nominates Khalsa Aid for Nobel Peace Prize

Toronto, Jan 18 (UNI) Canadian MP Tim Uppal on Monday said Khalsa Aid, a UK-based international NGO, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods posted, ''In my capacity as a federal Member of Parliament and with the support of MPP for Brampton South Prabmeet Sarkaria and Mayor of Brampton Patrcik Brown, I am nominating Khalsa Aid for a Nobel Peace Prize.''
Addressing Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen, Mr Uppal said, ''I am honored to nominate Khalsa Aid for the Nobel Peace Prize, with support from the Honourable Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton South and Mayor of Brampton, His Worship Patrick Brown.
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