Uttar Pradesh, a stronghold for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP, will be critical to their re-election hopes in the coming weeks
SAHARANPUR, India—As India launches into its first national poll in five years, the giant state of Uttar Pradesh in the country’s north looms over the election.
No other state has been so critical to the fortunes of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its leader Narendra Modi. He is now seeking a second term as prime minister after dominating Indian politics since he swept into power in 2014. And no other state encapsulates the complicated battles the BJP and Mr. Modi have fought—and mostly won—against an array of increasingly...
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