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India's poor feel abandoned by politicians - 18 Apr 09

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Uploaded by on Apr 17, 2009

India's parliamentary elections kicked off this week, but many doubt that they will be any better off at the end of the one-month-long vote.

The nation's poor say promises of aid made before elections are quickly broken and the global financial crisis has made things even worse for people living in poverty.

Al Jazeera's Matt McClure spoke to textile workers in Varanasi to see how they are getting on.

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