Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on April 14 said her party would take concrete steps to make western Uttar Pradesh a separate State if voted to power at the Centre.
“You want western Uttar Pradesh to become a separate State. For this, visible and concrete steps will be taken if our government comes to power at the Centre,” she said while addressing her first election rally in support of the party’s candidate for Muzaffarnagar parliamentary segment, Dara Singh Prajapati.
BJP’s candidate for the seat, Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan also supported the issue of Statehood for western Uttar Pradesh in his personal capacity.
