Sangma for Vidarbha, Telangana States

SRC should only study demands for new States like Budelkhand, Harit Pradesh and others, said the former Lok Sabha Speaker Nagpur (PTI): Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma has strongly advocated creation of Telangana and Vidarbha States and said that the Centre should forthwith grant statehood to these two regions owing to the long pending-demand. "I am of the opinion that India should have at least 50 states like the United States of America," Sangma said on Monday night. UPA should carve out Telangana and Vidarbha states and set up a second State Reorganisation Commission (SRC) to carry out scientific study over demands for new states like Bundelkhand, Harit Pradesh and other regions, he said. Recalling the one-man committee headed by him to study the case of Vidarbha region, Sangma said he had duly recommended the creation of the new state and the then PM?Rajiv Gandhi was about to make an announcement before the general elections but somehow, he was advised by some others not to do so in a hurry. Sangma, who founded the National People's Party (NPP) earlier this year, is trying to consolidate his base among tribals.