India, Oct. 28 -- The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), which controls the semi- autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in Bengal's Darjeeling district, said on Tuesday that it will launch an agitation if the name of any Gorkha is deleted from the electoral roll during the special intensive revision (SIR).

BGPM spokesperson Keshav Raj Pokhrel said, "We will launch a movement and hit the streets if the name of any Gorkha is deleted from the voters' list."

While the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2009, BGPM has worked as an ally of Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. The GTA's jurisdictional area covers the hilly regions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.

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