India begins six-week general election

Polls have opened in six of India's constituencies, launching the first day of voting in the country's six-week general election. Monday's vote will take place in the of Assam and Tripura in the northeast, before moving on to other areas of the country in eight phases. The election will be the biggest in history, as voters travel to nearly a million polling stations. Results will be released on May 16. Al Jazeera Sohail Rahman reports from New Delhi and Faiz Jamil reports from Dibrugarh, Assam.