There is no gainsaying that the division of U.P. into four smaller states has become an administrative necessity. But, it is unfortunate that the BSP is eyeing the issue through the prism of electoral benefits. Chief Minister Mayawati’s pre-poll gamble is clearly intended to obfuscate her government’s failure during the five-year term, in all spheres of administration. Especially, the way crores of rupees were spent for raising statues and building parks when a majority of people in the State were reeling under poverty was indefensible. It is time all major political parties responded to Mayawati’s gimmick by declaring that they too would want the division of Uttar Pradesh on the basis of equitable distribution of water and natural resources.
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, A.P.