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Voting begins in fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls, several bigwigs in fray

Voters in 49 Lok Sabha seats in 8 states/UTs, spanning Ladakh to Odisha, UP's Awadh and Bundelkhand to Mumbai, began heading to polling stations this morning to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), and Smriti Irani (Amethi), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (Raebareli) and National Conference's Omar Abdullah (Baramulla) are among the 695 candidates in the fray.