The first round of elections promises to be interesting as at total of 700 million Indians are expected to go to the polls and vote with 124 seats up for grabs in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of parliament. Neither the BJP nor the Congress party are expected to gain a majority, but Rahul Gandhi, heir apparent of the Congress party, is certainly giving it the college try. While as many myths seem to surround the Indian elections, it does seem that the newest generation thinks voting is 'cool.' Indeed, this election has voters under the age of 25, around 200 million saying 'yes we can.' Of course, what difference they make remains to be seen.
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