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#BBCtrending: An alternative guide to the Indian election

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    11 April 2014
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India's 2014 general election is the biggest democratic exercise in history.

More than 800 million people in India are casting their electronic ballots over nine phases of voting hat started on Monday.

BBC Trending spoke to YouTube star Gursimran Khamba - a prominent Indian political satirist - who gives this alternative, and personal, guide to India's front-runners.

Video produced by Benjamin Zand, external

More from BBC Trending on social media and the Indian elections in a special broadcast on BBC World Service. You can listen here or subscribe to the podcast here, external

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