Mayawati promises to carve out Purvanchal state ahead of phase 5 of UP polls

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati at an election rally in Deoria district on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati at an election rally in Deoria district on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday reiterated that if her party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will not rest till it divides the state into four smaller states, including Purvanchal as proposed in her previous tenure.

She was addressing an election meeting at Champa Devi Park in Gorakhpur, scheduled to go to poll in the sixth phase on March 4.

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