Street fighting as India heads for April-May election

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By Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Street clashes erupted in India after an announcement on Wednesday that parliamentary elections will start on April 7 in a race that pits Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi against the unpopular Nehru-Gandhi family's ruling party. In Delhi and a regional city, supporters of a young anti-corruption party battled members of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Small groups of supporters gathered outside BJP offices to protest his detention. We shouted slogans: 'Have shame Narendra Modi'," said AAP activist Shazia Ilmi.




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