"Once the state of Haryana was created, of course, there remained no incentive for the Haryana politicians to press for its enlargement to encompass—and be dwarfed by—the huge area and population of the western districts of UP. Moreover, in an ironical twist concerning the issue of Jat predominance, the small state of Haryana indeed did become, in effect, a Jat dominated enclave, in which 25 per cent of the population belonged to that caste group. So, the enlargement of Haryana to include the western UP districts would have the consequence exactly opposite of what its opponents claimed to fear, namely, the reduction rather than the enhancement of Jat dominance in the larger state. Nevertheless, there remained a few diehard supporters of the old idea of a broader “Hariana” state even after the creation of the smaller Haryana."