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Amid more deadly violence as a poll worker gets gunned down by Maoist rebels
From funding campaigns and tacit endorsements to being hot-button issues themselves
A video showed minister Maneka Gandhi warning gathering of Muslim community members to vote for her or be shunned
Thousands of candidates standing for just 543 seats
Congress hopes fourth-generation siblings of the Gandhi dynasty is still revered by many
Congress chief unveils party's 55-page election manifesto
Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 by Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse
According to opinion polls, Modi remains the most popular leader in the country
The riots killed nearly 3,000 people following the assassination of then-premier Indira Gandhi
Calling Gandhi a racist who claimed that Indians were "infinitely superior" to black Africans