Chief Minister Mayawati has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into four smaller states. She is expected to table a motion on this in the winter session of the assembly which starts on November 21. This is being seen as her masterstroke to quell the anti-incumbency against her government, as the state gears up for polls. The move is aimed at turning the focus on the Congress-led central government, while deflecting criticism of her government's performance by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.