NEW DELHI—Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking aim at influential regional parties in state elections as he tries to bolster his government and redraw India’s political map. His campaign in Uttar Pradesh—the country’s most-populous state, home to 200 million of its 1.2 billion people—will test whether Mr. Modi’s popularity endures even after his recent radical move to invalidate 86% of India’s cash overnight, an order that left...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 08, 2017 10:33 UTC