Indian Parliamentary Election 2009

Counter-Clockwise: (1) Indian policemen watch as unseen colleagues search commuters' bags during a random security check ahead of the first phase of parliamentary elections in Jammu yesterday.
(2) Indian polling officers collect Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) from a centre in Hyderabad.
(3) Polling officers check the working of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) after receipt from a distribution centre at police lines in Varanasi.
(4) Indian actress and Samajwadi Party candidate for Lucknow, Nafisa Ali (R) and Bollywood film star and Samajwadi Party secretary general Sanjay Dutt (L) wave to supporters during an electoral road show in Lucknow.
(5) Earlier, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate, L K Advani (L) greets Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the birthday anniversary celebration of Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar in New Delhi on April 14.Photo: AFP