Look: Star campaigners kick-off for India Assembly polls

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BJP supporters wearing masks and paint his body during Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Public Meeting at Batadrava in Nagaon, Assam. The Election Commission of India had announced the election schedule for the legislative assemblies of Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (under the President's rule). All five assemblies will be completing their terms in the coming two months. Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with Assam going to polls first and West Bengal concluding it with its eighth voting phase on April 29. Image Credit: ANI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting ahead of the state assembly election, in Hooghly district. The counting of votes for the four states and one Union Territory will be undertaken on May 2. Image Credit: PTI

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joins tea workers at Sadhuru tea garden in Biswanath, Assam. Dressed in a saree, the 49-year-old had a basket on her back balanced by a band on her head. She was also armoured with an apron at her waist as she took on the job of plucking tea leaves."The life of tea garden workers is full of truth and simplicity and their labour is valuable for the country. After sitting with them today, I understood their work, felt well being of their families and the difficulties of their life," Gandhi tweeted along with pictures of herself interacting with the tea workers. "I will not forget the love I received from them," she added. Image Credit: PTI

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah plays an instrument inside Batadrava Than, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev, in Nagaon District of Assam. Image Credit: PTI

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi does push-ups with a school student obliging her challenge, at St. JosephÕs Matric Hr. Sec. School, during his election campaign for Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, at Mulagumoodu in Kanyakumari district. With Assembly polls in multiple states drawing closer and rumblings in the Congress ranks over leadership, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi kicked off campaigns in Tamil Nadu and Assam respectively after concluding his visits to Kerala and Puducherry. Image Credit: PTI

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Artists perform during a Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's election campaign for upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, in Thoothukudi. Image Credit: ANI

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Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman during a roadshow ahead of Kerala Legislative Assembly election, in Ernakulam. Image Credit: ANI

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Children play in front of a wall graffiti depicting the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the state legislative assembly elections in Kolkata. Image Credit: AFP

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The CPI-M led Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala, which is aiming to create history by becoming the first ruling dispensation to retain power in the southern state, appears to have decided to field its best team for the April 6 Assembly elections. As the first step to fielding its best team of candidates in the likely 90 seats out of the 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala that it will contest, the party's top brass is seriously thinking if they need to drop the big names, as planned earlier. Above, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Finance Minister Thomas Isaac (left) during a seminar on 'Youth Summit on Future Kerala' in Thiruvananthapuram. Image Credit: PTI

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Activists and supporters attend a Left-Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) joint rally, ahead of West Bengal assembly polls, in Kolkata. Image Credit: PTI

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen jumping into the sea in Kollam with fishermen on the campaign trail ahead of the crucial Kerala assembly elections in April-May. The Wayanad MP was with the fishermen folk in Kollam district to get a taste of their life, but much to everyone’s surprise, he jumped into the water when they cast their net. He then spent at least 10 minutes swimming in the sea before returning to the shore. Gandhi was accompanied by a personal security officer when he jumped from the boat after seeing the fishermen cast their net to catch fish. Image Credit: ANI

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Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah and party leaders have meals at a hotel at Madurantakam in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. Image Credit: PTI

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is welcomed by party supporters during her visit to Assam, ahead of state assembly polls, in Lakhimpur district. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday announced five poll guarantees for the people of Assam if her party is voted to power in the state. Image Credit: PTI

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during a TMC rally, in Hoogly. Image Credit: ANI

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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin expressed confidence of forming the next government and announced that the party will be releasing its manifesto for the upcoming state elections and party's vision for Tamil Nadu. The state is set to go to polls on April 6 and results will be announced on May 2."Within 2 months there's going to be a change in the government,.. that people are eagerly waiting for. We have planned to make Tamil Nadu become advanced in the next 10 years," said Stalin."DMK is working for people irrespective of being or not being in power," he further said. Above, MK Stalin at the party’s interview session for MLA candidates at Anna Arivalayam party office, in Chennai. Image Credit: ANI

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Leaders and ordinary party workers of the Congress in Kerala are watching eagerly as the list of candidates who will contest the April 6 assembly polls is being readied. Above, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and M.M Hasan during a press conference in Kochi. Image Credit: ANI

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BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikary, Mukul Roy, Rajeev Banerjee and others during a roadshow for upcoming polls, in Kolkata. Image Credit: PTI

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A shopkeeper displays campaigning material of political parties for sale ahead of the Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly elections in Chennai. Image Credit: AFP

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