The chief of India's main Opposition party - Congress - is in the fray in the country's fifth phase of polling.
Rahul Gandhi, a member of India's Nehru-Gandhi family, is contesting from the seat of Amethi in north India's Uttar Pradesh.
Neha Poonia reports from India:
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