Vaidya mooted the idea in the backdrop of Srihari Aney's resignation as Advocate General of Maharashtra after his remarks favouring a separate Marathwada sparking a huge controversy, with opposition Congress-NCP and ruling ally Shiv Sena crying foul over it.
At an event in Jalna district of Marathwada on Sunday, Aney had said, "Marathwada bore more injustice than Vidarbha and should therefore be independent. Pressure has to be put at the Delhi level to form a separate state as the demand does not come under the purview of Mumbai."
"A new state organising commission should be formed that should be looking to fulfil two conditions. First, a state's population should not be more than 30 million and second, it should not be less than 5 million," Vaidya told PTI.
"If we consider the formula, four states can be carved out of Maharashtra. The present conditions are not suitable for administrative purposes. Even the RSS has four 'praant' (provinces) in Maharashtra, while it has six in Uttar Pradesh for administrative purposes," he added.
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He said that while some states have high population density, others like Sikkim (around 10 lakh), Andhra Pradesh (around 14 lakh) have low density which creates instability.
"There are states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab and Chhattisgarh which have a population of around 30 million and are doing well," he said.
"Similarly, if there are four states carved out of Maharashtra, all of them can be Marathi speaking states. For purpose of administration and interest of people, states can be divided," he said.
"I have also heard BJP is in favour of smaller states," he said.