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Centre returns Mayawati's proposal to divide Uttar Pradesh
Monday December 19, 2011 09:47:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The central
government Monday returned the proposal for division of Uttar
Pradesh into four states as passed by the state assembly last
month and sought clarifications on proposed capitals, boundaries
and the debt burden involved.
"We have sent back UP's proposal to divide the state and have
sought reply on eight to nine questions," Union Home Secretary R.K.
Singh told reporters here.
The proposal sought creation of Awadh Pradesh, Poorvanchal,
Budelkhand and Paschim Pradesh by splitting Uttar Pradesh.
The state is to have assembly elections next year.
Terming it as a political move by Chief Minister Mayawati, the
Congress said the proposal is against national interest.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: "The issue needs
to be delinked with coming elections in the state and discussed in
the national interest."
"No thinking has gone behind UP's proposal."
Mayawati surprised the opposition parties last month by proposing
division of Uttar Pradesh into four smaller states.
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