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Colourful roadshows and rallies mark election campaigns in India ahead of Friday polls | AP News

Colourful roadshows and rallies mark election campaigns in India ahead of Friday polls | AP News

Every five years, the world’s most populous democracy holds a giant election for millions of Indians to cast their vote on a new parliament. And it does so in its usual flamboyant style — with a spectacle of dance, drumbeats and firecrackers echoing across India as candidates from various parties march in processions to canvass for votes. (AP video by Shonal Ganguly and Anupam Nath)

Every five years, the world’s most populous democracy holds a giant election for millions of Indians to cast their vote on a new parliament. And it does so in its usual flamboyant style — with a spectacle of dance, drumbeats and firecrackers echoing across India as candidates from various parties march in processions to canvass for votes. (AP video by Shonal Ganguly and Anupam Nath)