MUZAFFARNAGAR, India: Voting got underway Saturday in India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh in a contest seen as a key test for Narendra Modi halfway into his first term as prime minister.

Uttar Pradesh is home to over 200 million people—more than the entire population of Brazil—and polls there are a bellwether of national politics.

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