The message also claims that UP's division will take place before the following year's Assembly elections. The claim is viral on Facebook and Twitter. UPElection pic. The Logical Indian Fact Check team began the investigation by searching for related articles on Google with specific keywords, leading us to some credible sources. The Uttar Pradesh government clarified on 12 June that the viral message and image is just a rumour and that there is no such proposal.
Sidharth Nath Singh, UP Cabinet minister and spokesperson, said on 11 June that, "News of division of the state is fake and holds no ground".
The Public Relations Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh tweeted that those spreading such rumours will be punished. All these rumours are fake, and there is no official verification of these pictures and lists.
This is a misnomer, for there are several states of the Union that lie further north of it. And that status will not materially change whoever wins this current Assembly election. For the sick state of UP to become healthy at last, it must first be divided into three or four self-governing parts. For the good of India, for the good of its own residents, Uttar Pradesh needs to be divided into three, perhaps four, separate and distinct states, each with its own assembly and council of ministers.
Tragically, there is little chance of this happening. For Narendra Modi and his party, the capture and retention of power have always mattered much more than good governance.
In the general elections of and , the Bharatiya Janata Party won 71 and 62 seats from Uttar Pradesh, respectively, these playing a critical part in helping it gain an overall majority.
The Modi government may hope that its failures in managing the economy and in containing the pandemic will be forgotten by , and that an aggressive Hindutva agenda, based on the construction of the Ram Temple and fears of Muslim demographic expansion, will polarise Hindu opinion in their favour and, once again, secure to the Bharatiya Janata Party a majority of the 80 seats in the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.
And so an undivided Uttar Pradesh will continue to suffer and stagnate, casting a negative shadow on the rest of the country as well. The future of the state, and of India itself, is currently being held hostage to the political ambitions of one man and his party.
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Diwali after effects: Ayurveda recommended tips to keep check on your lung health. Stop being afraid of the diversity. Let that piece of arguement sink in first. A wonderful article, I look to reading more such works of yours. I read yours. UP does not need smaller divisions. That would just be creating more ill functional states.
Better would be to work out the root causes. Shivam must be congratulated for penning a very sensible article on UP. Looks like he has given up on his visceral anti Modi stance to get back his robust common sense! Welcome to good journalism! Keep it up Shivam!! Shekhar Gupta, I listen to your Cut the Clutter almost on a daily basis. However to your clarion call to subscribe to The Print with voluntary contribution has met with absolute disregard from my side — and the sole reason is Mr. Shivam Vij and similar left pamphleteer.
I listen to the podcast version of Cut the Clutter, so not giving you YouTube views and use ad blocker for your site. The different opinions in The Print makes it a standout in the present, polarized climate that your kind have created.
Well reading comprehension is an important skill to develop. For polarized climate — it was always polarized, the social media has made it easy to express polarization.
The people from Western U. P definitely want a divided UP since last few decades, in contradiction to the statement made by the author. Why should west be the source of survival for the east? It is for the government to take responsibility for making east self reliant and bring it to the track of prosperity.
It can only be done if the state is divided and eastern UP gets a separate government focussed upon its development and uplift. Monday, 15 November, Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Home Opinion The case against dividing Uttar Pradesh into smaller states. Uttar Pradesh Illustration by ThePrint team. Dr Kafeel Khan sacked 2 years after govt inquiry cleared him of negligence charges. Stupid guy. And writes like high school essay student.
UP should be divided into four parts. Decentralisation of power and micro management of finance is the key. Most Popular. Noida has a new sector.
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