Indian election front-runner could curb beef exports


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  • Sunday, 11 May 2014

A supporter of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds cut-outs of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during a protest in New Delhi May 8, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's main Hindu nationalist party says it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after general elections that end on Monday, threatening supplies from one of the world's biggest shippers of the meat.

Surprisingly in a country where so many view cows as sacred, India has been poised to become the No.1 beef exporting nation, supplying markets such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Egypt.

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