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Voting Continues In World's Biggest Democracy

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Today is another election day in India.

In terms of seats up for grabs — 122 — it's actually the biggest day of polling in the six-week long process.

The governing Congress Party is facing a strong challenge from the Hindu nationalist BJP. One of the states voting today is Rajastan, in western India.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports.

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  • Sanjoy Majumder, India correspondent for BBC News. He tweets @BBCSanjoyM.

This segment aired on April 17, 2014.

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