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Sonia Gandhi IMAGE.
Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, gestures during an election campaign in Rae Bareli, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting last week in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A strong third-place showing for India's ruling Congress Party could make it a kingmaker in Uttar Pradesh and help it gain a new partner to stabilize its fragile national coalition. (AP Photo)INDIA OUT.
Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, gestures during an election campaign in Rae Bareli, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Residents in India's largest state began voting last week in a monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. A strong third-place showing for India's ruling Congress Party could make it a kingmaker in Uttar Pradesh and help it gain a new partner to stabilize its fragile national coalition. (AP Photo)INDIA OUT.
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