Mumbai: Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney on Tuesday submitted his resignation following row over his remarks on a separate Marathwada state. He submitted his resignation to state governor.
During an event organised by the Marathwada Mukti Morcha, Aney, who is a known vocal supporter of a separate state of Vidarbha, had backed a separate state of Marathwada. He had earlier called for a referendum on the issue of carving out separate Vidarbha state.
Congress leader Narayan Rane had hit out at Aney on Monday saying his head should be separated from his body, so he would understand how it feels when you break the state.
"Marathwada bore more injustice than Vidarbha and should therefore be independent," Aney had said at an event in Jalna district on Sunday. He had also called people of Marathwada to start a movement for formation of a separate state.
When a similar controversy over Aney's separate Vidarbha remark erupted in 2015, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had indicated that there was no need for Aney's resignation for his statement on Vidarbha, while stating that the subject of creating a separate state of Vidarbha falls solely in the jurisdiction of the Parliament and Union government.
The Shiv Sena had staged demonstrations and demanded Aney's resignation for his statement on a need for referendum to create a separate Vidarbha state.
(With PTI Inputs)
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