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  • Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Unnao, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Lucknow, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A poor Congress showing could leave the national government crippled for the last two years of its term. (AP Photo/Nirala Tripathi)
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    Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Unnao, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Lucknow, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A poor Congress showing could leave the national government crippled for the last two years of its term. (AP Photo/Nirala Tripathi)

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    Indians wait in a queue to cast their vote outside a polling both, in Gonda district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Indian Muslim women display their indelible mark on their fingers as they react to the camera after casting their vote, in Gonda district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    An elderly Hindu Holy man walks towards a polling station carrying his election identity card and prayer beads, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    An Indian voter gives his thumb print before casting his vote, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Indian voters stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Election officials seal an electronic voting machine at the end of polling at a station at Gonda district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    An Indian Hindu holy man looks at a sample ballot before casting his vote in Ayodhya, India, Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Indian Hindu holy men react to the camera as they walk towards a polling station to cast their votes in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Indian Hindu holy men along with others display their voter identification cards as they stand in a queue to cast their votes, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Indian Muslim women arrive to cast their vote as it rains in Gonda, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Indian Muslim women return after casting their vote as it rains in Gonda, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    A polling official, hands seen at left, marks the index finger of a woman voter with indelible ink before she casts her vote, inside a polling booth in Gonda, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots in the rain outside a polling station in Gonda, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Indian Muslim women stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in Gonda, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Indian voters show their election cards as they stand in a queue to cast their ballots, in Faizabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. Fifty five of the 403 assembly constituencies saw polling in the first phase, with an estimate of 17 million people eligible to vote. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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    An Indian security man stands guard as voters stand in a queue to cast their votes, in Faizabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, 55 of the 403 assembly constituencies saw polling in the first phase, with 17 million people eligible to vote in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous and politically crucial state. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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    A polling official marks the index finger of a man with indelible ink before allowing him to proceed to cast his vote in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, 55 of the 403 assembly constituencies saw polling in the first phase, with 17 million people eligible to vote in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous and politically crucial state. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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    An Indian police man stands guard as polling officers set up a polling booth, in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Polling in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous and politically crucial state, starts on Wednesday, when 55 assembly constituencies cast their ballots in the first phase of voting. A total of 17 million people are eligible to vote in this round. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Polling officials leave on trucks for their respective polling stations in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Polling in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous and politically crucial state, starts Wednesday, when 55 assembly constituencies cast their ballots in the first phase of voting. A total of 17 million people are eligible to vote in this round. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    An Indian worker counts electronic voting machines meant for use in the Uttar Pradesh state elections, in Jaunpur , India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Park employees put back covers on statues of elephants that were blown away by wind and rain at Ambedkar Memorial Park in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Election officials had earlier ordered the statues of Chief Minister of Utter Pradesh state Mayawati, who is a hero to India's lowest castes, along with nearly 200 statues of elephants, her party's symbol, be covered. The Election Commission said the statues were built using public money and their display violates rules for next month's election in her Uttar Pradesh state. (AP Photo/Nirala Tripathi)

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    Supporters wave at a helicopter carrying Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati after an election rally in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A large re election victory for Mayawati, who goes by one name, could project her regional, caste based party onto the national stage. She was facing off against the Samajwadi Party, which she ousted from power five years ago. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Policemen stand guard as supporters of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati gather for her election rally in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A large re election victory for Mayawati, who goes by one name, could project her regional, caste based party onto the national stage. She was facing off against the Samajwadi Party, which she ousted from power five years ago. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Supporters of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati listen to her speech at an election rally in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    A supporter carries a giant portrait of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati after an election rally in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A large re election victory for Mayawati, who goes by one name, could project her regional, caste based party onto the national stage. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati speaks at an election rally in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A large re election victory for Mayawati, who goes by one name, could project her regional, caste based party onto the national stage. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    An Indian Muslim woman gives her thumb impression before casting her vote in Gonda district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    An election officer prepares to seal an electronic voting machine at the end of the first phase of polling, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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    Congress party President Sonia Gandhi speaks during an election campaign rally in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a month long local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A poor Congress showing could leave the national government crippled for the last two years of its term. (AP Photo/Sanjay kanojia)

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    Indians wait in a queue to cast their vote outside a polling both, in Gonda district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting Wednesday in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. The state of Uttar Pradesh is so large, with 200 million people, that voting is spread over seven phases and will last until March 3. Results will be declared March 6.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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