Published On : Sat, Feb 10th, 2018

Ashish Deshmukh calls states reply to his Vidarbha statehood letter an insult to its people

BJP-MLA-Ashish-DeshmukhNagpur: The BJP MLA from Katol in Vidarbha, Ashish Deshmukh, expressed disappointment at the Maharashtra governments reply to his letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue of a separate Vidarbha state.

The reply, by the governments General Administration Department, stated that Deshmukhs demands had been forwarded to the concerned departments.

Deshmukh had written the letter on December 6 last year asking Fadnavis to pursue efforts to bring about statehood for Vidarbha.

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Accusing the government and Fadnavis of ignoring demands for statehood, Deshmukh said the governments reply was an insult to the people of Vidarbha.

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