Hyderabad, March 15 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Sunday evening, March 15, even as the fate of lakhs of voters in the state remains undecided, caught in the middle of an ongoing judicial adjudication process.

The timing has raised eyebrows. As of Friday night, March 13, judicial officers tasked with reviewing voters flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category had managed to clear only a quarter of the total cases referred to them. Of those reviewed, roughly one in three voters has been found excludable from the rolls.

60 lakh cases, only 25 per cent done

A little over 60 lakh voters were identified under the "logical discrepancy" category and referred fo...