INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 29th APRIL 2026

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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 29th APRIL 2026.

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1.     Bengal voter-list restoration before final phase

Before the second phase of West Bengal polling, the Election Commission added 1,468 names back to the electoral roll after tribunal review, following only 139 additions before Phase 1. The event is significant because nearly 89 lakh names had been deleted during the Special Intensive Revision, and around 34 lakh cases had gone to tribunals. The logic behind the SIR was electoral purification, but the slow and unclear tribunal process raised serious doubts about fairness. The stand emerging from the report is that procedural correction came too late for many voters. The gist is that electoral integrity cannot be protected only by deleting doubtful names; it must also ensure timely restoration of genuine voters, otherwise democracy becomes administratively exclusionary.

2.     Final phase of Bengal election and high-stakes contest