Illogic of EC logistics

The rest of WB elections should have been clubbed

The Election Commission’s (EC’s) decision to hold an eight-phase election for the 294 seats in West Bengal had raised many questions when it was announced. Now, with Covid-19 raging in the state, thanks to packed, unmasked rallies organised by the major contestants — the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — the EC should have acceded to demands from political parties to club the remaining three phases of the election on April 22, 26, and 29 for 114 seats. The EC has so far turned down this request without explanation. But logic defies this cussedness. Between April 6