VARANASI, Oct. 5 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that Bhadohi district has now been renamed Sant Ravidas Nagar. Announcing the new name during a programme held in the district, Adityanath said, "Now our Bhadohi district will be called Sant Ravidas Nagar." The chief minister was addressing a gathering after he inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 112 projects worth over Rs 1,340 crore. "On the occasion of Guru Purnima, the government had said that Bhadohi district, currently known for its carpet industry, would in the future be known by the name of Satguru Ravidas ji Maharaj, a medieval saint who united society through his spiritual devotion," Adityanath said. He added that it is "deeply gratifying" that Sant Ravidas's 600-year-old vision, in which everyone had food and benefited from welfare schemes without discrimination, has been realised. Reciting a couplet by Sant Ravidas, Yogi said, "Sant Ravidas Maharaj once said 'aisa chahu raj main jahan saban ko mile anna, chhoto bado sab mil basai, Ravidas raje prasanna. (I desire such a kingdom where everyone receives food; where high and low dwell as equals, and Ravidas remains content). Sant Ravidas Ji dreamed of such a rule 600 years ago." "At present, it feels great when 80 crore people get free rations under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi without any discrimination," he said, adding, "Renaming Bhadohi becomes relevant now." Bhadohi was a part of Varanasi district before it became the 65th district of the state on June 30, 1994. The district has undergone several name changes, with the last such renaming carried out on December 6, 2014, when the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government officially changed its name back to Bhadohi from Sant Ravidas Nagar-Bhadohi. On July 29 this year, Adityanath announced that the Bhadohi district would once again be renamed Sant Ravidas Nagar, as the ruling BJP kicked off a Dalit outreach initiative from the prime minister's constituency, Varanasi. At Sunday's event, he also said the Kashi Naresh PG college has been given the status of a university. "When students get degrees from here, they will get degree degree from Kashi Naresh University, Sant Ravidas Nagar," he added....