In Pics: India This Week

BSP supporter at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on 7 April.

(Photo: AP/Altaf Qadri)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 6 to 12 April 2019.

A Kashmiri boatman passes as National Conference party’s flags are displayed on the banks of the Dal Lake during an election rally in Srinagar on 9 April.

A man cheers as supporters of the BSP, SP and RLD gather during an election rally in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, on 7 April.

Election officials and paramilitary soldiers with election materials cross a makeshift temporary bamboo footbridge on the eve of first phase of general election in Majuli, Assam on 10 April.

Kashmiri supporters of National Conference party attend an election rally on 8 April.

Mishing tribal women show the indelible ink marks on their index fingers after casting their votes in Majuli, Assam, India on 11 April.

Young men walk past a wall with an election awareness message asking people to vote in Hyderabad on 9 April.

Students protest about the government’s failure to act against climate change outside the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in New Delhi on 12 April.

People take a stroll as dark clouds hover in the sky in Shimla on 8 April.

A couple performs morning rituals in the River Ganges on the first day of the nine-day festival of Navratri on 6 April.

A girl who joins her parents in attending an election rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) drinks milk in Hyderabad on 9 April.

Women, wearing traditional dresses, celebrate Gudi Padwa on 6 April.

Police officers guard outside a polling station at Shadipora, outskirts of Srinagar on 11 April.

PM Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah at BJP’s manifesto release on 8 April.