New Delhi: CNN IBN has learnt that the UPA government is close to redrawing state boundaries.It is accepting recommedations of the 2nd state reorganisation commission.
A reorganisation of states could mean the most populous state in the country is trifurcated into three separate states.
So there may be no Uttar Pradesh any longer. Harit Pradesh from Western Uttar Pradesh, the Avadh area around Lucknow making up central Uttar Pradesh and Purvachal out of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Interestingly, UP Chief Minister Mayawati has been all for trifurcation of the state into three parts.“Our government is in support of trifurcation. It will send the legislation to the government,” says Mayawati.
Maharashtra too could face a division, with Vidharbha being carved out of the Western State.The Congress and the BJP have tried to play down the idea of a separate Vidarbha state, while the Shiv Sena has consistently opposed the demand.
The Darjeeling hill in West Bengal is another possibility, a proposal the ruling Left Front, especially the CPI-M is not expected to take to kindly.Then there is Telengana in Andhra Pradesh, with the Congress looking to woo the Telangana Rashtra Samiti and its head Chandrasekhara Rao.
“It is for the government to make any announcement in this regard. But one must also not forget that historically it has been Congress regimes who have created new states for the interest of economic efficiency, local feeling etc,” says
The first states reorganisation commission was set up way back in the 1950s.The southern states were created on the linguistic basis. Now the Congress believes that by reorganising the states again. The stranglehold of many regional politicians such as Mayawati could be broken.
(with inputs from Shivpujan Jha & Diptosh Majumdar)
Source: www.ibnlive.com/news
