Opinion polls suggest an easy victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
In Summary
• India is set to begin the world's largest general elections on Friday, held in terrain sweeping from the icy Himalayas to humid jungles, with nearly a billion people eligible to choose 543 members of the lower house of parliament.
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