http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Mayawati-Vs-Rahul-Amethi-likely-to-get-a-new-name/articleshow/6477764.cms
2 Sep, 2010, 04.38AM IST,ET Bureau Mayawati Vs Rahul: Amethi likely to get a new name NEW DELHI: The Mayawati government’s efforts to ‘erase’ the Nehru-Gandhi family’s ‘imprint’ on Amethi got a big boost when the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for the creation of a district carved out of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency. UP CM Mayawati wants to rename the district after Dalit icon Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. SC decided the issue in favour of the Mayawati government on the ground that a similar petition was dismissed by the HC on August 11. A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale said the HC Bench, which passed the interim order on August 18, should have considered the order of August 11 of its own bench. “Judicial propriety demanded that the high court should have considered the final judgement of August 11. It could not have taken a different stand,” the Supreme Court Bench said. UP had moved the apex court, challenging the August 18 interim order of the Lucknow Bench of the HC which stayed restoration of the new district till March 31 next year or till further orders. The new district is being carved out of three tehsils of Sultanpur district, Amethi, Gauriganj, Musafir Khana, and two tehsils of Rae Bareli, Salon and Tiloi. The Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency, which is represented by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, along with Amethi and Sultanpur constituencies form the famous Gandhi bastion. In December 2002, when BSP controlled the state, Ms Mayawati had made the first attempt to rename the district. Addressing a rally in Amethi, she announced her government’s decision to rename the constituency, then represented by Sonia Gandhi. The district came into existence with Gauriganj as its headquarters six days after Ms Mayawati made the announcement. However, her successor Mulayam Singh Yadav scrapped the decision in his very first cabinet meeting. A writ petition challenging Mr Yadav government’s move was filed in the Lucknow bench of the HC by Uma Shankar Pandey. The court in March 2010 directed the petitioner to submit his case before the state government, which was asked to take a final view on the issue within three months. This paved way for the Mayawati government’s latest action. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/