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.
Read MoreNagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari today defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah over the stunning defeat in Bihar Assembly polls."Blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for Bihar
Kohima: The Union government today announced Rs 10,000 crore road and bridge development projects for Nagaland besides committing a slew of road projects for the entire northeast India in five year period.Road and Highways minister
Akola: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stone for the four-laning of the Akola-Murtizaur section on National Highway 6.Gadkari, who laid the foundation yesterday, assured all round development of west Vidharbha region in Maharashtra comprising
PM Modi attends Kalam's birth anniversary celebrationsNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the birth anniversary celebrations of former President A P J Abdul Kalam today, during which he unveiled his statue and inaugurate a
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India will become the world leader."Narendra Modi is the first PM of India after Independence who has built the real
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of an ambitious project which will more than double the capacity of the country's largest container port JNPT in next two years.Modi laid the foundation
New Delhi: Transporters' 5-day-old strike has been called off after a marathon meeting between agitating apex truckers body AIMTC and road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday evening with the government assuring to
New Delhi: Vested interests opposed to transparency and computerisation in the transport sector are against the new road safety bill but government is committed to enacting the law, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today."Despite our
RBI may go for rate cut to spur economyNew Delhi: All eyes are now on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the central bank is scheduled to hold its monetary policy review on Tuesday,
New Delhi : The central government aims to spend around Rs.1,000 crore in a one-year period on greening Indian roads under a policy for highways to be unveiled soon, a senior official said on Thursday."The
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the upcoming Assembly polls in Bihar will also be a referendum on the Narendra Modi government."Every election in country is prestigious for a political party, for
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday credited cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari for giving shape to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's dream project 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana'.Praising Gadkari, he said: "When Gadkari
New Delhi: The Centre would shortly introduce a bill that encompasses global best practices in road transportation and safety standards, union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.The minister for road transport, highways and shipping was
1. Amit Shah to meet functionaries from SouthChennai: BJP National president, Amit Shah, will today visit Madurai on for an interaction with grass root level functionaries of the party's southern district units.2. Rahat Fateh Ali
New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday accused the Congress of stalling parliamentary proceedings as the party "seems to have lost faith in democracy".Speaking to the media after External Affairs Minister Sushma
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today slammed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for calling External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 'criminal' and threatened to file a criminal defamation suit against him if he did not apologise.He
Chandigarh: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday announced a ropeway transport system between Dhaula Kuan in New Delhi and Manesar, passing through Gurgaon city in Haryana, adjoining the national capital, would
New Delhi: As part of efforts to boost road infrastructure for faster connectivity, the Centre is planning to start work on 10 world-class express highways, which will not only reduce travel time but also propel
Opposition to strategise on Parliament session at Sonia Gandhi's Iftar todayNew Delhi: With the Modi government battling propriety issues over the Lalit Modi row and the furore on Vyapam scam, leaders of "like-minded" parties will
Bhubaneswar: Describing roads as paths to development of any region. The Centre today declared National Highway status for 2,000 km of State Highways in Odisha where Rs 35,000 crore will be invested for road development."We
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