Ahead of West Bengal Polls, 2 Million Voters Are Excluded From Electoral Rolls—With Supreme Court Permission

West Bengal votes on April 23 and 29—but millions who voted in the 2002 elections will not be able to because their names aren't on the rolls. A Supreme Court-steered process to fix this remains unfinished, deferring—in unprecedented fashion—a constitutional guarantee that every citizen can vote in every election.

07 Apr 2026        KAVITHA IYER