NEW DELHI -- Local assembly elections are being held in five Indian states, giving voters the first opportunity to deliver their verdicts on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's performance since his surprise move to ban the country's largest denomination bank notes -- 500 and 1,000 rupee notes -- in November last year.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on the stump, is also facing a power struggle with his party's primary support organization. Modi delivering a campaign speech in the state of Uttar Pradesh in February.
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