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11/03/2017 GMT

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India’s ruling party set to make sweeping gains in key state elections

India’s ruling party set to make sweeping gains in key state elections.

India’s ruling BJP party seem set to make sweeping gains in key elections in five of the country’s states, including its most populous region, Uttar Pradesh. 

Also in the programme: Turkish president Erdogan's war of words with Germany. And the rise of the “smellfie”

(Image: Supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attend the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3rd March2017 in Mirzapur, India. Credit: Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times/Getty Images.)

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