Gandhi district votes in election

Amethi, a stronghold of India's governing Congress party, is among 64 seats voting in the eighth phase of the mammoth general election. The seat, held by party leader Rahul Gandhi, has been at the centre of a row after the main opposition BJP's candidate for PM held a rally there. Narendra Modi blamed the Gandhi dynasty for Amethi's "backwardness" and said he wanted to change it. With 814 million eligible voters, India's election is the world's biggest exercise in democracy and the governing Congress party is battling the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for power. Mr Modi is ahead in all the opinion polls, according to BBC.