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11 Nov, 2011, 02.36AM IST, Man Mohan Rai,ET Bureau
Mayawati's version of divide & rule: Proposed division of UP into 4
states aims to corner Congress
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Mayawati has proposed division of Uttar
Pradesh into four smaller states. She is expected to table a motion on
this in the winter session of the assembly which starts on November
21.
This is being seen as her masterstroke to quell the anti-incumbency
against her government, as the state gears up for polls. The move is
aimed at turning the focus on the Congress-led central government,
while deflecting criticism of her government's performance by Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Congress would come under intense pressure if the UP assembly passes a
motion for the division of the state, as the onus would then be with
the UPA government, already in a bind over the demand for creation of
Telangana state.
BSP aims to corner SP too, which has been constantly opposing UP's
division, Mayawati is aware that the Centre would have a hard time
either accepting or rejecting the motion passed by the assembly. Even
if the central government accepts, most of the credit would go to
Mayawati, as she has been demanding division of UP into four smaller
states for the last five years and has written several letters to the
prime minister on this.
Also the process for creation of new states is long-drawn and any
delay would result in the UPA government being portrayed as the
spoiler of the show, rather than Mayawati.
On the other hand, if the UPA government rejects the proposal,
Mayawati aims to garner the goodwill of the people as the only chief
minister who is committed to the cause. UP is being proposed to be
divided into four smaller states.
Harit Pradesh comprising 22 districts in west-UP, Bundelkhand with 7
districts in the most-backward region of the state, Poorvanchal
comprising 32 districts in the eastern part and central UP, with the
remaining 14 districts.
Congress is on the verge of sealing a pre-poll pact with Ajit Singh's
RLD who has some influence in western UP, and has been an ardent
campaigner for Harit Pradesh's creation.
Mayawati seeks to blunt any advantages Congress will have from the
alliance with RLD by turning the new champion of Harit Pradesh.
Congress' senior leader Digvijaya Singh reacted by calling for the
setting up a State Reorganisation Commission to look into the demand.
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