The Mayawati government today created a new district named after dalit icon Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj which would include Amethi. The state cabinet in its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mayawati has decided to restore district status to Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar. It also decided to rename Kanpur Dehat as Ramabai Nagar district. Amethi is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency. <br/><br/>The then BSP government had on December 17, 2002, accorded district status to Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, then represented by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, and renamed it as Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar. However, the decision was scrapped by the Samajwadi Party's government in 2003.