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Assam (India), Feb 22 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: EFE) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led a massive rally ahead of next April's Legislative Assembly elections in Silapathar, Dhemaji district, Assam state, India. Modi also launched several projects and inaugurated an engineering college during his visit to this region.FOOTAGE OF THE POLITICAL RALLY IN ASSAM.
Leaders of "INDIA" opposition alliance and thousands of supporters rally at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan to protest the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, one of the key leaders of the opposition bloc. Kejriwal has been incarcerated for over a week in connection with a long-running corruption probe. India's main financial investigation agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also launched probes into at least four other state chief ministers or their family members, and all the investigations involve political opponents of Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). IMAGES
Cubans head to the polls to elect the National Assembly of People's Power, the unicameral parliament that is renewed every five years. There are 470 candidates running for the 470 seats, most of whom are members of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP, single party), with no opposition candidates. Abstention rates have been steadily on the rise in recent years. IMAGES
France goes to the polls on Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. Elections for the 577 seats in the lower house National Assembly are a two-round process. The shape of the new parliament will become clear only after the second round, a week later, on June 19. IMAGES of France's National Assembly exterior
Re-elected president Emmanuel Macron's convoy arrives at his campaign headquarters in Paris. Bolstered by his re-election, La République En Marche and their allies hope to retain at least two-thirds of the capital's constituencies when MPs are elected in June. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).