Nagpur, July 4: An activist belonging to the Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti has been detained by police early Wednesday morning for shouting slogans near the Nagpur Maharashtra state assembly premises over the long pending demand to make Vidarbha a separate state. The protest was staged following the commencement of Maharashtra's monsoon assembly from Today, and it will continue for next 15 days during which various bills and ordinance will be passed.

According to a tweet in ANI, the activist was detained by police and taken to the police station, later they were realised on a bail bond.

Various activists in the region have formed different groups to press their long pending demand to separate Vidarbha from Maharashtra. While many are in support of separate Vidarbha, there are also people who are against the demand.

Besides the local demand, the Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also promised to grant separate state status to Vidarbha as his poll promise in 2014. However, the promise was never fulfilled by the Fadnavis led BJP government after coming into power. Moreover, the coalition partner Shiv Sena is also not in favour of separate Vidarbha.

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