Coalitions fluid as India votes

Updated April 17, 2009 12:49:43

The first phase in India's month long general election has begun, with more than 700 million eligible voters expecting to eventually arrive at a hung parliament.

For once, no political party is claiming with an air of confidence that it can attain a majority on its own in the 545-seat parliament.

Presenter: Murali Krishnan
Speaker: Sonia Gandhi, president of Congress party; Rani Kumari, first time voter; GVL Narasimha Rao, political analyst

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