Umesh Katti, who holds the food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs ministry in Karnataka said there will be 50 States in the country after the 2024 general Lok Sabha election. He also claimed that Karnataka too will be divided into two.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to form 50 States in the country after the 2024 elections. I came to know that he is mulling over it, he told reporters here adding that the decision will benefit the state.
Such thought is good because the population is increasing, and that region (north Karnataka) should also see development. North Karnataka should become a State and develop. We will remain as Kannadigas but there is no harm if the State (Karnataka) is divided, Katti said on the sidelines of an event.
Stating that the idea of forming 50 States was good given the increase in population, Katti said it has increased from two crores to 6.5 crores in the last 60 years.
Two States should be carved out of Karnataka, four in Uttar Pradesh, three in Maharashtra, and so on, the Minister said.
meanwhile, reacting to Katti’s statement, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said there was no proposal at the government level for separate Statehood to north Karnataka.
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