Poll Begins in India's Lok Sabha Elections 　　The first phase of polling began on September 5 morning in 145 Lok Sabha constituencies and 343 assembly seats. 　　Indian President K. R. Narayanan cast his vote in the capital to exercise his franchise in the Lok Sabha elections. 　　The president, accompanied by his daughter Chira Mohan, cast the vote in a school inside the President's Estate soon after the voting began at 0700 hours local time, a presidential spokesman said. 　　The spokesman said, "as a first citizen, the president felt it was his right and duty to cast his vote, which he did without any fanfare." WorldNews 1999-09-06 Page6 Full Story in Chinese