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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Nagpur: Asserting that BJP was committed to carve out separate Vidarbha state from Maharashtra, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today sought Congress's support on the issue.“The BJP had promised that if voted to power in Maharashtra,
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has hinted that government has almost firmed up a solution to implement the Sethusamudram shipping canal project without demolishing 'Ram Sethu'.While addressing a gathering at
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will soon launch a Rs 4,000 crore satellite imaging project to map all land in the state and prepare digital records of land holding. “We have decided to undertake an ambitious Rs
Kathmandu: India today extended full support to Nepal to develop its transport system and infrastructure and suggested it to follow India's successful public-private partnership model in constructing roads and other development projects.“PPP model has always
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Digvijay Singh on Monday traded charges in a Delhi court which was hearing a defamation complaint filed by the BJP leader against the veteran Congressman who stood by
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the government plans to install CCTV surveillance cameras at most of the traffic signals in the country to improve road
Rameswaram (TN): The families of five fishermen, who were awarded capital punishment by a Sri Lankan court last month on drug-trafficking charges, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and sought immediate steps by India to
Rameswaram (TN): Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there was no question of demolishing ‘Ramar Sethu' while implementing the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project and asserted it would be done without harming
Chennai: After proposing to modify the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, the Centre is now planning to change rules for the Shipping Industry, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.“In Shipping we are very much backward.
Chennai: The Centre was ready to offer Rs 50,000 crore worth of road networks to Tamil Nadu if the state government offered co-operation, Union Minister of Roadways, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said today.“I am
New Delhi: Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari would undertake an aerial inspection of the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Channel route on November 4, officials said on Sunday.He would inspect the entire Palk Strait
Mumbai: A complaint was filed today in a Pune court against Devendra Fadnavis, the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, alleging that he had violated the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act by riding a two-wheeler without
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and discussed ‘important' issues but said there was no talk on politics in Maharashtra where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in the process
Nagpur: Amidst calls by several BJP MLAs in Maharashtra for Union minister Nitin Gadkari to be made the state's chief minister, the senior leader today said he was happy working at the Centre.“I am happy
Nagpur: Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis, who is considered front-runner to lead the state as first chief minister of the saffron party, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the latter's residence here.Sources described the
Nagpur: Amid talk that BJP Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis could be party's chief ministerial choice, Nagpur-East MLA Krishna Khopde today offered to quit and vacate his seat to pave way for his mentor Nitin
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari did not appear to rule out his return to Maharashtra politics as 39 BJP MLAs met him at his residence here and demanded that he be made the state's Chief
Mumbai: Indicating differences in the BJP, transport and shipping minister and senior leader Nitin Gadkari emerged as a frontrunner for the post of Maharashtra chief minister here on Tuesday.In denial mode since the past two
New Delhi: BJP appears to have decided to keep Shiv Sena in suspense while going ahead with government-formation with the unconditional backing of NCP as Devendra Fadnavis emerged the front-runner in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal
New Delhi: After their victory in Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra, BJP today moved forward towards government formation in both states with party chief Amit Shah holding parleys with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for
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