From an administrative point of view, Uttar Pradesh is truly an unmanageable State.

Cutting it up into four smaller States as Chief Minister Mayawati has proposed, roughly along regional cultural divides Bundelkhand, Avadh Pradesh, Purvanchal, and Paschim Pradesh has its merits as an idea. In any case, a green light from the State cabinet is only the first step in a long process that involves an approval by the State Assembly, and then by Parliament.