India election: What happened in Uttar Pradesh?

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It’s not just his supporters calling it Modi Magic. India’s prime minister putting himself front and center and carrying Uttar Pradesh for his Hindu nationalist BJP, a stunning win for the country’s most populous state, a win that hardly seemed possible when back in November,
he surprised even his own cabinet when he suddenly scrapped 87-percent of the country’s currency as part of a bid to crack down on tax cheats.

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