The demand for Vidarbha state (out of Maharashtra) is even older than that of Telangana and it should not be ignored by the government any more, former minister of state and senior NCP leader Dharmarao Baba Atram told reporters here last evening.u00a0

"If Vidarbha state is not created, then Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of the region should be included in the newly declared Telangana state," he demanded.