Taking a cue from the Telangana statehood announcement, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has reiterated her demand of dividing Uttar Pradesh into 4 smaller states -
- Purvanchal (Eastern UP)
- Harit Pradesh (Western UP)
- Bundelkhand and
- Awadh Pradesh (Central UP)
Welcoming Telangana, Mayawati on Wednesday July 31,2013 said, "We welcome this decision of making Telangana, the BSP always advocates smaller states and governance units."
She also urged the MPs from Uttar Pradesh to put pressure on the government to take a prompt decision on the state's division.
She also urged the MPs from Uttar Pradesh to put pressure on the government to take a prompt decision on the state's division.
What does Mayawati's proposal of diving the state mean for Uttar Pradesh?
Purvanchal or Eastern UP will have 32 districts and home town of seven Prime Ministers of India, Allahabad could be its capital. The holy city of Varanasi or Gorakhpur have also been proposed as the capital city.
Central UP or Awadh Pradesh, which is so far not in the demand list of any political party, will get 14 districts with the present capital Lucknow, city of nawabs as its proposed capital.
Harit Pradesh, comprising 22 districts in west UP has Meerut as its proposed capital.
Jhansi or Banda is the proposed capital of Bundelkhand, which has been the demand for the Congress party and it gets 7 districts.
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