Nitin Gadkari is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2019. He is also serving as the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2014), Shipping (2014 to 2019), Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (2017 to 2019) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2019 to 2021) in the successive Narendra Modi governments. Gadkari was the president of the BJP from 2009 to 2013. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Nagpur constituency of Maharashtra for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Gadkari won the Nagpur seat by defeating Congress candidate Vilas Muttemwar with a margin of 2,84,848 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Gadkari retained the Nagpur constituency by defeating Congress candidate Nana Patole with a margin of 2,16,009 votes. Gadkari was the Public Works minister in Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and also the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1999 to 2005. Nitin Gadkari is again contesting from the Nagpur constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Rs 10,200 crore Setu Bharatam project, which aims to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019.Speaking on the occasion, he said the government knows
New Delhi: In a major step to curb pollution, the Centre is planning to vacuum clean major national highways passing through high density areas like Delhi at least once in a month, Union Minister Nitin
Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari today said that political support was a vital pillar to provide the required support for the execution of 'Make in India' projects, saying the
Mumbai: The electronic tolling (e-tolling) system on 360 toll plazas will be operational before April this year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday."We have already put this project on fast track and we expect
Lucknow: In a bid to decongest traffic in the country, the government has decided to increase the length of national highways from 96,000 km, at present, to two lakh km, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said
Lucknow: The Centre is working on a proposal to ply an amphibious aircraft on the Ganga between Varanasi and Kolkata and has a target of developing 111 waterways in the country."My target is to develop
Lucknow: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said Congress adopted economic policies which could not solve the problems of farmers, labourers and the poor in 55 years.He said contrary to Congress' policies, Prime Minister Narendra
New Delhi: The government is hopeful of resolving today issues related to stuck highway projects worth Rs 40,000 crore, and in case some problems still persist then the PMO and the Finance Ministry will look
New Delhi: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today floated an idea that a simple click of the mouse or a snap on Whatsapp about an accident or the site itself can help the government machinery swing
The government launched the Road Safety week on 11th January, 2016 with an aim to tackle the growing number of road accidents in the country. In 2014, about 5 lakh road accidents claimed more than 1.4
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take action against Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari for his alleged role in awarding the contract of the
Srinagar: As suspense over formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir continued, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was today visited by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for mourning but the meetings
Srinagar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are scheduled to visit Srinagar on Sunday to offer condolences to the family of late chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.The Bharatiya
Nagpur: In a revelation that may embarrass yesteryear actress Asha Parekh, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that 73 year old actress had approached him to seek recommendation for Padma Bhushan saying that she
Panaji: Sea planes, helicopters and amphibious vehicles would soon be available to boost tourism in Goa even as the state is expected to attract 7.5 million visitors this year."The sea plane project will start on
New Delhi: When it's about highways, Nitin Gadkari -- the 'flyover man from Maharashtra' -- seems to know the way to take it to a new high and his latest is linking Delhi with Thailand
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not direct CBI to raid Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's principal secretary, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said today, asserting that they would have no qualms about accepting it
New Delhi: Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has lashed out at the Congress saying it was "subverting democracy by stalling Parliament, resorting to drama to gain people's sympathy", but "Rahul Gandhi's ambition of becoming
New Delhi: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that the country will soon green signal automakers to manufacture vehicles running entirely on ethanol."I've told my officials to expedite work on this so that I can
New Delhi: Amid a raging debate on pollution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to gift two electric buses for MPs that will help them play their part in preventing choking of the national capital."If
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