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Indian Sikh youths perform fire-breathing as they demonstrate Gatka martial arts skills while welcoming unseen Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and candidate for Amritsar’s parliamentary seat Arun Jaitley to an event in Amritsar on March 18, 2014. India, the world’s biggest democracy, announced the start of national elections on April 7 that are expected to bring Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to power on a platform of economic revival. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU