Emotional about clash over a state of India (7)
I believe the answer is:
gujarat
'state of india' is the definition.
(Gujarat is an Indian state)
'emotional about clash over a' is the wordplay.
'emotional' becomes 'gut' (as in a gut feeling).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'clash over' becomes 'jar' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'over' bit.).
'jar'+'a'='jara'
'gut' enclosing 'jara' is 'GUJARAT'.
(Other definitions for gujarat that I've seen before include "state in India" , "Part of India" .)