Polling is under way in the fourth phase of India's marathon five-phase general election with the capital, Delhi, one of the key battlegrounds.

India kicked off month-long elections today, with all signs pointing to a splintered result and government by an unsteady coalition that would struggle to see out a full term.

The newly elected Awami League (AL)-led alliance government is likely to modify the Local Government (Upazila Parishad) Ordinance to bestow some authority on lawmakers which the immediate-past caretaker government removed by promulgating the ordinance.

The Awami League-led grand alliance has swept back to power after seven years out of office with a stunning landslide victory in an environment of free and fair elections that clearly showed the people's verdict for a change and has consigned the BNP-led four-party alliance to the political wilderness.