India, Feb. 23 -- In mid-2025, Union home minister Amit Shah told actor and activist Raja Bundela that creating three states - Bundelkhand, Purvanchal and Vidarbha-was not the Central government's priority as there were other pressing issues to handle.

Again, on February 19, when the government was caught in a melee of raging national and international issues-like the UGC, Epstein files, the Indo-US deal, and the Shankaracharya row-a memorandum demanding the creation of Bundelkhand reached the Prime Minister's and the Home Minister's offices.

The memorandum was signed by 23 organisations, including Karni Sena, Bundelkhand Ekta Foundation, Ex-Army Welfare organisation, Bharatiya Kisan Union, the traders, Bundeli Samaj and Lok Sanskriti M...