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View Point: Trifurcation of UP? |
| With Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati jumping on to the bandwagon for smaller States, the Centre finds itself increasingly pushed towards accepting the proposal for a second States Reorganisation Commission. This happened on Monday last when Mayawati took on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his suggestion that the Centre could consider formation of smaller States if the State governments sent in their proposals. She pointed out that she had already sent in writing to the Centre on the need for trifurcation of UP into three States of "Purvanchal, Western UP and Bundelkhand" in the interest of speedy development of the region. Consequently, the ball was now in the Centre's court. However, Chief Minister Mayawati went wrong on one basic point. It is not enough for the State Government to convey the demand in writing to the Centre. The demand has first to be made by the State Assembly in a resolution, as happened in the case of Uttranchal or Uttarakhand. So the ball is still in Mayawati's court. Much in regard to the future will depend upon her ability to carry her arch rival, Mulayam Singh Yadav, with her. He is totally opposed to any further division of UP. He sees in the move "a conspiracy to undermine the political importance of the biggest State of the country."
Loan waiver "an illusion"
More and more States are now embroiled in the controversy over the UPA Government's grand pre-poll loan waiver for the farmers. Former chief ministers of a number of States questioned the sincerity of the UPA government to the farmers at a rally in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday last and rubbished the loan waiver as an "illusion". Samajwadi President and former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh argued that if the Centre was serious about resolving the farmers' problems it should "formulate a national water policy and implement the Swaminathan report." The report wants the farmers to be paid 50 per cent over and above the production cost. Former Andhra Chief Minister and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu said the "Congress never cared for the farmers, it always favoured the industrialist." The former chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala wanted the cap of two hectares of land to be removed for the purpose of waiver. With General Elections due next year, if not earlier, loan waiver for the farmers is clearly under the scanner.
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