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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Reuters
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People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Reuters
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A woman leaves after casting her vote in Majuli. Reuters
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A woman shows her ink-stained finger after voting in Alipurduar, West Bengal. Reuters
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A security personnel stands guard at a polling station during India's general election in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. AFP
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An Indian Catholic nuns shows her finger after voting in Hyderabad. AFP
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Alipurduar. Reuters
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People register to vote in Hyderabad. AFP
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Reuters
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People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Reuters
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A woman leaves after casting her vote in Majuli. Reuters
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A woman shows her ink-stained finger after voting in Alipurduar, West Bengal. Reuters
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A security personnel stands guard at a polling station during India's general election in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. AFP
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An Indian Catholic nuns shows her finger after voting in Hyderabad. AFP
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Alipurduar. Reuters
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People register to vote in Hyderabad. AFP
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Reuters
Indian elections likely to show opinion of Narendra Modi's employment performance
As voters go to the polls, unemployment has become a major area of focus and concern at a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in the year to June 2018
Rebecca Bundhun
13 April, 2019
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