By David Ingram and Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his maiden visit to the United States as India’s leader on Friday facing an unwelcome reminder of his once strained relations with his host nation: a lawsuit alleging he failed to stop anti-Muslim rioting in 2002. Washington and New Delhi brushed off the suit brought in a U.S. court on the eve of Modi’s arrival, saying it would not affect the visit that includes meetings with President Barack Obama and an address at the United Nations General Assembly. …
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