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In a remote Indian state, trading cash and gifts for votes is an open secret

Senior leaders of the ruling BJP party hold an election campaign rally at a playground outside Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, in the second week of April. Voting took place in the remote northeastern Indian state on April 19.

India’s election commission says bribery is one of the biggest challenges to free and fair elections. In tiny Arunachal Pradesh, some voters receive the equivalent of up to a year’s average earnings.

(Image credit: Omkar Khandekar)

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