Indian Brides And Grooms Pledge To Vote For Coming Assembly Election During Mass Marriage

Indian brides and grooms raise their hands to pledge to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections, during a mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.

Indian policemen show their election identification cards to photographer as they stand in a queue to receive their postal ballot as part of a special arrangement made by the election commission for the upcoming assembly elections, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The election commission has made special arrangements for voluntary voting through postal ballot for the police personnel who are deployed for election duty. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.

Indian policemen crowd at a help desk to find their names in voters list as part of a special arrangement made by the election commission for the upcoming assembly elections, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. <AP Photo/Ajit Solanki>

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets the crowd as he address an election rally for upcoming state assembly elections at Vansada, in South Gujarat, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on December 13 and 17 and counting of votes on December 20. The hoarding in the background reads as “Gujarat Congress public meeting” with a portrait of India’s ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi. <AP Photo>