Indian elections pass halfway stage: "MUMBAI: India's marathon general election passes the halfway stage Thursday, with Mumbai entering the fray barely five months on from the deadly Islamist militant attacks on the city.
Ten seats in India's lower house of parliament are up for grabs in India's financial and entertainment capital, which has seen an increase in 'white collar' political activism since the November strikes that killed 166.
In Mumbai and Maharashtra state, that has meant support for right-wing Hindu parties like Shiv Sena and its offshoot the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, which both push a strong line on protecting local Marathi culture and language.
Among the 11 states voting on Thursday are parts of impoverished Bihar and populous Uttar Pradesh in the north, Gujarat in the west, the southern rural state of Karnataka, and leftist-dominated eastern West Bengal."
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