Bharat Dogra While the BJP is championing the cause of a separate state of Uttarakhand far its own narrow interests and has gained the support of a number of chauvinist regional groups, there is the danger that the real issues of the people of the region may suffer continued neglect QUESTION: Which chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (among all the chief ministers of the post-independence period) has done a great deal of work for the formation of a separate state of Uttarakhand)?