India election campaign enters final day

Campaigning in India's bitterly fought election entered its last day Saturday ahead of next week's final voting with the Hindu nationalist opposition already scenting victory.
Rahul Gandhi, heading the campaign of the ruling Congress party which is seen heading for a crushing defeat, sought to muster a final show of strength in the holy Hindu city Varanasi.
Varanasi is one of the last constituencies set to vote in Monday's final leg of voting in the multi-phase election.
The city, on the sacred river Ganges, is being contested by Narendra Modi, tipped to lead the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power after a decade in opposition.
Gandhi, standing in an open garland-festooned truck, shook wellwishers' hands under a scorching summer sun.
The broader national battle is between Congress and the BJP in the election, whose results are due next Friday, according to AFP.