SIR row: BGPM warns of protests if Gorkhas excluded from voter list

Protests against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process are now poised to reach the Hills of North Bengal.

- AMITAVA BANERJEE

DARJEELING: The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM)—the ruling party in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)—has announced it will take to the streets if the revision exercise results in the exclusion of names of Gorkhas from the voter list.

The Election Commission of India, on June 24, notified the commencement of SIR—an exhaustive door-to-door verification of Bihar's electoral rolls. As part of the process, all voters are required to fill out and submit enumeration forms by July 25.