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Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

DOB: 27/05/1957

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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Lok Sabha elections 2024

From Rajnath Singh to Gadkari, list of senior leaders BJP chose to field yet again

India | Mar 15, 2024, 09:46 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gears up for the Lok Sabha elections with a strategic move, opting for continuity by fielding a roster of senior leaders. Notable figures like Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and seasoned BJP leader Nitin Gadkari headline the candidate list.

BJP has named 20 candidates from Maharashtra in its second

BJP declares candidates on 20 seats in Maharashtra for Lok Sabha elections. Check names

Mar 14, 2024, 12:37 AM IST

Maharashtra has a total of 48 Lok Sabha seats and the BJP has declared its candidates on 20 seats in the state. The list features names such as Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal among others.

BJP candidates list, Lok Sabha elections 2024

BJP releases second list of 72 candidates for Lok Sabha elections, fields Gadkari, Khattar

India | Mar 14, 2024, 12:47 AM IST

In its first list, the BJP released 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The list featured PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan among other top leaders.

Uddhav Thackeray, Nitin Gadkari

'Join us if you are being insulted, we will...': Uddhav Thackeray to Nitin Gadkari

Mar 13, 2024, 07:40 AM IST

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has once again requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to leave the BJP. This offer came after Gadkari's name was omitted from the BJP's first list of Lok Sabha candidates.

Nitin Gadkari

Uddhav Thackeray makes 'offer' to Gadkari, asks him to join MVA instead of 'bowing before Delhi'

India | Mar 08, 2024, 10:00 PM IST

Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, suggested that Union Minister Nitin Gadkari would likely be featured prominently in the BJP's second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections once the ruling alliance in the state finalizes its seat-sharing agreement.

Nagpur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024

Nagpur Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India | May 29, 2024, 11:59 PM IST

Nagpur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Madhav Shrihari Aney, Jambuwantrao Dhote, Banwarilal Purohit and Datta Meghe won the Nagpur constituency several times. BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has been representing the seat since 2014.

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari sends legal notices to Kharge, Ramesh for sharing 'twisted, distorted' interview

India | Mar 02, 2024, 07:38 AM IST

Nitin Gadkari has sent a legal notice to Congress asking it to remove a distorted clip of his interview shared by its leaders on social media. The Union Minister has also demanded an apology from the Grand Old Party.

Pankaj Udhas

Sonu Nigam to Riteish Deshmukh, celebs pay tribute to Pankaj Udhas on his demise

Feb 26, 2024, 08:51 PM IST

From politicians to singers, everyone is paying tribute to Pankaj Udhas on social media. Have a look at how Entertainment world reacted to Pankaj Udhas' demise.

Nitin Gadkari, Nitin Gadkari receives warm welcome at IndiGo airlines, indigo pilot passengers exten

Nitin Gadkari receives warm welcome on Nagpur-Delhi flight by IndiGo pilot | VIDEO

India | Feb 20, 2024, 08:30 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari, seated in the front row beside the window, flashed a bright smile as the IndiGo pilot made the special announcement in his honour. Passengers onboard were also seen clapping and cheering for him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath

BJP winning 370 seats will be true tribute to Syama Prasad Mukherjee: PM Modi at key BJP meet

India | Feb 17, 2024, 11:59 PM IST

From its elected panchayat heads to district presidents and Union ministers, the BJP's 'national council' meeting is going to be the ruling party's biggest organisational get-together in recent memory -- an exercise aimed at galvanising its cadre for the Lok Sabha polls.

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari

Govt approves 4-lane highway in Mizoram, sanctions Rs 1,742 crore, says Nitin Gadkari

Feb 14, 2024, 06:29 PM IST

The highway will be constructed between N Kawnpui – Sairang section on National Highway-6. Once completed, it will de-escalate congestion in urban zones.

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari

'One who does good work never gets respect,' says Nitin Gadkari

India | Feb 07, 2024, 11:59 AM IST

Nitin Gadkari praised former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, who was recently conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously, and said such people have made the country's democracy strong.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Lal Krishna Advani

'Move to honour decades of his service to nation': Politicians welcome Bharat Ratna for LK Advani

India | Feb 03, 2024, 05:43 PM IST

The Bharat Ratna will be bestowed on Advani in a year of the Ram temple's consecration, which marks a triumphant closure for the BJP of an issue which was thrust into popular consciousness by the veteran leader through his 'Ram Rath Yatra' in 1990.

Ram Mandir, Ram Mandir Ayodhya, Ram temple, Ram temple Ayodhya, Ram Mandir movement, Nitin Gadkari

Ram Mandir issue not communal but national, Ayodhya movement was to ensure justice with all: Gadkari

India | Jan 15, 2024, 07:04 AM IST

Nitin Gadkari remembered all those leaders who struggled for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and said that the movement was to give back pride and respect to India’s history, culture and heritage.

Nitin Gadkari, Business news

Increasing exports, reducing imports new way ahead for patriotism, ‘swadeshi’: Gadkari

Business | Dec 24, 2023, 05:03 PM IST

Three months ago, India jumped from seventh position to third in the automobile exports sector, surpassing powerhouses like Japan.

Toll tax collection on the newly-inaugurated Delhi-Mumbai

GPS-based highway toll collection system to be introduced by March 2024, says Nitin Gadkari

India | Dec 20, 2023, 08:32 PM IST

The Union Minister informed that the average waiting time at toll plazas in 2020-21 and 2021-22 reduced in comparison to what it was in 2018-19 period. He also spoke about two pilot projects on automatic number plate reader cameras.

Shashi Tharoor with Nitin Gadkari

Amid Centre-Opposition war of words, Shashi Tharoor thanks Nitin Gadkari for completing work on NH66

India | Dec 19, 2023, 12:30 PM IST

The MP from Thiruvanantharuram MP said that the project was initiated by him.

A view of the under-construction Bengaluru-Chennai

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway being constructed in three phases, to reduce travel time to 2-3 hours

Dec 14, 2023, 03:05 PM IST

The expressway between Bengaluru and Chennai is being constructed in three phases. The entire length of the project is 262-km. Once completed, the expressway will reduce travel time between two capital cities significantly.

Chhattisgarh

Vishnu Deo Sai-led Chhattisgarh government set to convene first cabinet meeting today

Dec 14, 2023, 08:45 AM IST

Vishnu Deo expressed a commitment to fulfilling all guarantees and poll promises of PM Modi over the next five years. The BJP govt aims to address key issues, leveraging momentum gained from the swearing-in ceremony and aligning its policies with the party's manifesto for betterment of Chhattisgarh.

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse, Nitin Gadkari,CM pushkar singh Dhami,Silkyara site inspection,relief re

Silkyara tunnel collapse Day 8: CM Dhami, Gadkari conducts on-site inspection of relief operations

India | Nov 19, 2023, 09:03 PM IST

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Sharing details of the ongoing rescue operation, Bhaskar Khulbe, a former advisor to the PMO, told media, "Efforts are on to bolster the entire area's strength to the order that it remains totally safe for workers to approach the rescue work that we are intending to do.

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