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Mayawati strikes again: Robs Gandhis of brand Amethi

Amethi, the VIP borough of the Nehru-Gandhi family for several decades, is now a new district and would be known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar.

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Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawati has taken her political battle against AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to a new level by renaming his Lok Sabha constituency.

The new name is quite a mouthful, which Congress leaders here are finding difficult to digest.

Amethi, the VIP borough of the Nehru-Gandhi family for several decades, is now a new district and would be known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar.

The district includes Amethi and areas from Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts. A government spokesman said the cabinet decided to “restore” district status to Chhattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar.

Amethi was accorded district status and renamed after Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj by then BSP government in 2002.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was representing Amethi in Lok Sabha.

The decision was scrapped next year, soon after the Samajwadi Party came to power. The decision was challenged in court and the case had been pending ever since.

Shahuji Maharaj, a 19th century ruler of Kolhapur is an icon for BSP. He is the pioneer in granting job reservations.

Mayawati got the chance to rechristen Amethi after the Allahabad high court recently left it to the government to reconsider its earlier decision of carving out new district.

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