New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Five years ago, West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, along with the Union Territory of Puducherry, went to the polls together as part of a poll season that stretched across March and April 2021. Will it be the same this summer? A protracted Special Intensive Revision (SIR) schedule, which is yet to wind up, delayed security assessments, and availability of forces are complicating the work of the Election Commission of India (ECI), officials said on Monday. They also added that the panel was considering giving Kerala a week more for the SIR process, and compressing the poll schedule in West Bengal from the eight phases the key state saw in 2021. Across the four regions where SIR is still underway, officials indica...