The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has started looking into the feasibility of carving a new district out of Aligarh and Bulandshahr districts following a request from former chief minister Kalyan Singh’s son, Rajveer Singh.

Officials said that directions in this regard were given to the District Magistrates of Aligarh and Bulandshahr to conduct a survey and submit their report to the State Revenue Department about the feasibility of creating a new district.

Recently, BJP leader and former Etah MP Rajveer Singh demanded that a new district be carved out by including the Atrauli area of Aligarh, the birthplace of Kalyan Singh.

It is to be noted that when Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of UP – from 1991 to 1992 and from 1997 to 1999 – a similar proposal was floated, but it failed

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