Uttar Pradesh To Be Divided Into 4 Parts? Minister's Remarks Reignite Debate
Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has said that the state will be divided into four parts after a caste census, reigniting a nearly two-decade-old debate on the division of the country's most populous state.
Rajbhar, who has repeatedly proposed the idea of dividing poll-bound Uttar Pradesh into four new states -- Bundelkhand, Purvanchal, Awadh Pradesh and Paschim Pradesh -- claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "assured" him that the division of the state could happen after the caste census.
