UP CM Yogi's Uttarakhand roots may help resolve both states' assets dispute

Same party govt in both states and at the Centre may further speed up resolution

The 17-year dispute over distribution of assets and liabilities between Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand, following the bifurcation in 2000 during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, is finally seeing light of day.

The fresh hope for speedy and amenable settlement of the pending issues between the two neighbouring states has rekindled due to multiple reasons.

At present, both UP and Uttarakhand are being ruled by the same party viz. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with brute majority. Besides, the Centre is also led by the BJP.

Another major element likely to tilt scales in