Modi faces students anger in New Delhi
Indian riot police fired water cannon on Wednesday at hundreds of students outside a college in New Delhi who were protesting at an appearance by hardline nationalist politician Narendra Modi.
Modi, tipped to be the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate for prime minister in elections next year, was speaking at the Sri Ram College of Commerce.
The high-profile visit to the capital was intended to stress his leadership credentials.
But the address was overshadowed by the scenes outside where large numbers of students had gathered, chanting slogans and carrying banners such as "Killer Modi Go Back", according to an AFP correspondent.
Police barricaded the entire venue as they tried to push the protesters back from the gates of the college.
Modi, who is chief minister of Gujarat, is a hugely controversial figure. He was in power when the western state was rocked in 2002 by some of India's worst religious riots which killed more than 2,000 people.
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