India votes in world's biggest election

Indian polling officials check the names of the voters in a polling booth at Dekhijuli, some 180km from Guwahati on April 7, 2014, during national elections. - AFP

Dibrugarh, India (AFP) - The first Indian voters head to the polls Monday for the world's biggest election, set to sweep the opposition Hindu nationalists to power at a time of low growth, anger about corruption and warnings about religious unrest.

India's 814-million-strong electorate are forecast to inflict a heavy defeat on the ruling Congress party, in power for 10 years and led by India's famous Gandhi dynasty, after a bad-tempered campaign.