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Maharashtra City State. —The City of Bombay plus such area of Maharashtra as would enable it to be a good and strong City State.
Western Maharashtra. —(1) Thana, (2) Kolaba, (3) Ratnagiri, (4) Poona,
(5) North Satara, (6) South Satara, (7) Kolhapur and (8) the Marathi-speaking territories given over to Karnataka.
Central Maharashtra —(1) Dang, (2) East Khandesh, (3) West Khandesh,
(4) Nasik, (5) Ahmednagar, (6) Aurangabad, (7) Nanded, (8) Parbhani,
(9) Beed, (10) Usmanabad, (11) Sholapur City and the Marathi-speaking area of Sholapur District and (12) the Marathi-speaking territories given over to Telangana.
Eastern Maharashtra. —(1) Buldhana, (2) Yeotmal, (3) Akola, (4) Amraoti,
(5) Wardha, (6) Chanda, (7) Nagpur, (8) Bhandara and (9) the Marahispeaking territories given to Hindi States.
I will next proceed to examine the merits of these proposals.
II
MAHARASHTRIANS UNDER THE MIXED STATE
Should Bombay remain a mixed State ? It is a most unusual procedure. The City of Calcutta is not a separate City State. Madras is not a separate City State. Why Bombay alone be made the exception ?
Secondly, it is already a mixed State. What is the experience of the Maharashtrians under this mixed State ? The Maharashtrians have suffered terribly under this mixed State.
What is the position of the Maharashtrians in the Bombay Cabinet ?
Let us consider the distribution of Ministership : Gujarathi Ministers ... ... ... 4 Marathi Ministers ... ... ... 4 Kannada Ministers ... ... ... 1 Total ... 9
Gujarathi members in the Assembly are only 106, Marathi members are 149 and yet the number of Gujarathi Ministers is equal to that of Maharashtrian Ministers.
Let us come to Deputy Ministers : Marathi speaking ... ... ... 5 Gujarathi speaking ... ... ... 2 Kannada speaking ... ... ... 2 Total ... 9
Only among Deputy Ministers do the Maharashtrians have a majority of one.