Chief minister inister Mayawati on Monday pushed through the resolution to split Uttar Pradesh into four parts amid stiff opposition in the Assembly, which swiftly adjourned sine die after passing the controversial proposal by a voice vote.

Immediately after securing the Assembly’s approval, a belligerent CM rejected the charge that the move was a political stunt in an election-bound state and said it was taken out of “compulsion” since the Centre was not taking any initiative for easier governance of the country’s most populous state.

The special session of the Assembly, which was initially meant to be a two-day affair, was abruptly adjourned sine die by Speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar, even while a stunned Opposition cried foul and termed this move of the government as ?dictatorial?.

Under Mayawati’s proposal, passed by the state cabinet last week, the state will be split into Purvanchal, Paschim Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh. Now the resoulution passed by the Assembly would be forwarded to the Centre for its clearance.

Before bringing the resolution to split the state, the UP government presented a surplus budget for 2012-13 in the Assembly, and also took the sanction of the legislature for four months of anticipated expenditure of the state government for the next fiscal. The total size of the budget for 2012-13 has been pegged at R1,86,221 crore, showing a surplus of R7,954 crore. While R5,604 crore would be on account of savings, R2,350 crore surplus would be garnered through public receipts.

Under the vote-on-account provision of the Constitution, permission can be taken from the Assembly for spending one-fouth of the budget for the interim period before the next Assembly meets, after elections bring in a new government. The state Assembly on Friday passed a vote-on-account for R54,762.24 crore for the first four months of the next fiscal.

At a time when the entire Opposition was busy pressing for a no-confidence motion in the House, Mayawati, who arrived in the House after the first adjournment, oversaw the five-miniute proceeding to clear the proposals related to budget and splitting of the state.

Condemning the Opposition, Mayawati said, ?As far as the no-confidence motion of the Opposition parties is concerned, the passage of vote-on-account proves that the government has the confidence of the House.?