Parties term Uttar Pradesh split a political
stunt
Tuesday November 15, 2011 07:20:08 PM,
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Uttar Pradesh cabinet decides to divide state into four
In a move
that Chief Minister Mayawati said was inspired by B.R. Ambedkar,
the Uttar Pradesh cabinet Tuesday decided to divide the state into
four: Purvanchal, Pashcim Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh.
While
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New Delhi/Lucknow: Major political parties have described the Uttar Pradesh cabinet's
decision to divide the state into four as a political stunt aimed
at the coming assembly elections.
The Congress party said the proposal of division was a very
sensitive issue and any decision should be taken only after
wide-ranging consultations.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it had been championing the
cause of smaller states, but Chief Minister Mayawati's
announcement Tuesday was just an "eyewash to befool people on the
eve of the polls".
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Mulayam Singh Yadav said his party will oppose the division of the
state. He alleged that Mayawati was making the announcement as she
had become nervous of "defeat in the coming polls staring at her".
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet Tuesday decided to divide the state into
four: Purvanchal, Pashchim Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh.
Congress chief spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi said in New Delhi
that Congress does not approve any decision on an important issue
"with electoral gains and short-term political gains".
"Uttar Pradesh has an important position in the history and
geography of the country. Any decision should be taken only after
due deliberations and serious discussions," he added.
Union Minister of State for Petroleum R.P.N. Singh said it was a
political stunt. "Anyway a major decision to divide the state
cannot be taken by just one political entity. It needs a political
consensus and approval of parliament," he pointed out.
Uttar Pradesh state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi too
slammed the move.
"We have never been against creation of new states; in fact, the
Congress party was responsible for creation of as many as 11 new
states over the years. But it cannot be done in an unplanned and
haphazard manner as is being attempted by Mayawati," Joshi said at
a press conference in Lucknow.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain asked why Mayawati remembered
dividing the state after four-and-a-half years of her rule.
"Elections have come and Mayawati remembered upper castes after
four-and-a half years, she also remembered division of the state,"
Hussain told reporters in New Delhi.
He said that even though his party was in favour of smaller
states, it was not in favour of poll stunts.
Samajwadi Party's state unit president Akhilesh Yadav said the
Mayawati government's step would neither lead to better
development or better administration.
Addressing reporters in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, he added:
"The division of the state will not solve any purpose related to
development."
Mulayam Singh Yadav, father of Akhilesh, told a TV channel that
the party would oppose the decision.
He alleged that Mayawati was "trying to deviate attention of the
people from her failures of poor governance and corruption".
However, Rashtriya Lok Manch chief Amar Singh - who has parted
ways with Mulayam Singh - said he did not understand why the SP
was opposing the division.
While Mayawati had earlier written to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh on the issue, her cabinet took a formal decision to take it
up as a resolution in the state assembly during the winter session
beginning Nov 21.
"We will get a resolution passed by the assembly to divide the
state into four smaller states during the coming winter session to
be opened on Nov 21," Mayawati said at a press conference in
Lucknow.
After the resolution is passed by the assembly, it would be sent
to the central government that would be required to table it
before parliament where it would have to be passed, Mayawati said.
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