India’s general election has begun with voters casting ballots in two remote northeastern states. Billed as the world’s largest democratic exercise, the staggered election involving some 815 million voters will conclude in five weeks.
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A security personnel throws his luggage to the top of a bus as they leave for various polling centers on the eve of the second phase of Indian parliamentary elections at Senapati, in north eastern Manipur state, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. India starte
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A security man collects electronic voting machines from an official before putting them inside a truck headed to a polling center on the eve of the second phase of Indian parliamentary elections at Senapati, in north eastern Manipur state, India, Tuesday,
![Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or common man party, chief Arvind Kejriwal, center, drinks water as he sits at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi after he was slapped by an attacker during his election campaign in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April, 8, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/60b091f6-9a39-4422-8374-ada4618f90b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or common man party, chief Arvind Kejriwal, center, drinks water as he sits at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi after he was slapped by an attacker during his election campaign in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April, 8, 2014.