Live: Indians queue to cast their votes in phase one of seven-stage election

Indians queue to cast their votes in phase one of a seven-stage election to elect a new parliament, the world's largest election in which nearly one billion people are eligible to cast ballots.

The election pits two-term strongman Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his regional allies against a bickering alliance of two dozen opposition parties, with surveys suggesting a comfortable win for Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP).

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