Separate Vidarbha State

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  Vidarbha State Should Be Formed At The Earliest: Ramdas Athawale

  Union Minister Ramdas Athawale today reiterated his demand for separate Vidarbha state and said two new states should also be carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

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  Devendra Fadnavis Must Quit For Supporting Separate Vidarbha: Raj Thackeray

  Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray today demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for espousing the cause of a separate state of Vidarbha.

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  Shreehari Aney Meets Ex-Lawmaker To Discuss Separate Vidarbha Strategy

  Intensifying the separate Vidarbha demand, former Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney and ex-lawamker Datta Meghe have decided to set up a co-ordination committee involving major outfits, spearheading the movement.

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  Statehood For Vidarbha, But at the Right Time: Devendra Fadnavis

  Without committing to a definite time-frame, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said a decision on creating a separate Vidarbha state will be taken at the "right time".

• Fulfill Vidarbha Statehood Demand Before Maharashtra Polls, Says Congress Leader

  The centre should take immediate steps for carving out a separate Vidarbha state from Maharashtra before the assembly elections "as promised" by the BJP, Congress leader Vilas Muttemwar said today.

• Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda Calls for Separate Vidarbha State

  Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda has demanded separate statehood for Vidarbha citing problems faced by people of the region.

• Nitin Gadkari seeks all-party support on Vidarbha statehood issue

  Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari has appealed to all political parties to lend support to the issue of carving out a separate Vidarbha state out of Maharashtra.

• BJP leaders to meet party's central leadership over Vidarbha state

  Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Phadanvis, along with other leaders will meet the party's top brass in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the issue of a separate Vidarbha state.

• The Telangana effect: demand for Gorkhaland intensifies

  If Telengana is given statehood, so must Gorkhaland. That's the demand of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) that has called a three-day bandh in Darjeeling in West Bengal from Monday to press for its cause. The Morcha is not alone. Activists for a separate state of Vidarbha in Maharashtra have also joined the chorus.