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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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Vidarbha MLAs root for Nitin Gadkari as Maharashtra CM

Politics | Oct 22, 2014, 08:56 AM IST

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

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Nitin Gadkari in race for Maharashtra CM's crown

Politics | Oct 21, 2014, 10:52 PM IST

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

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BJP keeps Sena in suspense, Fadnavis, Manohar Lal Khattar front-runners for CM's post

Politics | Oct 20, 2014, 10:14 PM IST

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

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Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari discuss further strategy for govt formation

Politics | Oct 20, 2014, 08:03 PM IST

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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Devendra Fadnavis leads the race for Maharashtra Chief Minister

Politics | Oct 20, 2014, 02:29 PM IST

Mumbai: With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging the single largest party in the assembly polls, the race for the post of Chief Minister is gaining momentum in Maharashtra.BJP's State unit chief Devendra Fadnavis (44) is

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BJP expected absolute majority in Maharashtra: Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Oct 19, 2014, 04:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari admitted Sunday that his party expected to win a majority in Maharashtra but said he was nevertheless happy with the election outcome."BJP is number one in Maharashtra for the

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Maharashtra polls: Top 6 CM aspirants of BJP

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 10:07 AM IST

New Delhi: Maharashtra Assembly election results will be out on Sunday. Exit polls have predicted BJP emerging as single largest party. The party is also exploring possibilities of joining hands with parties like NCP and

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BJP lashes out at Uddhav Thackeray for showing disrespect to PM Modi

Politics | Oct 15, 2014, 01:33 PM IST

Mumbai: A day after Uddhav Thackeray's Chai wala jibe, the BJP lashed back at Shiv Sena and strongly objected to what it described an insult of the Prime MinisterUddhav Thackeray Tuesday had commented, “If a

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Centre planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal: Rijiju

India | Oct 14, 2014, 05:07 PM IST

Itanagar: To match China's road infrastructure across the McMohan Line, India is planning to construct a road along the international boundary from Mago-Thingbu in Tawang to Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister

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EC's displeasure at Gadkari's remarks

Politics | Oct 11, 2014, 09:07 PM IST

New Delhi: The Election Commission today expressed “displeasure” at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's reported remarks asking voters to accept bribe during campaigning in Maharashtra Assembly polls.In its order, which also carried excerpts of Gadkari's response

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CBI rules out any foul play in Munde's death

Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 09:47 PM IST

New Delhi: CBI today ruled out any foul play in the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde four months back, claiming that the politician had died due to injuries sustained in a road accident.64-old Munde,

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If DD can show Nawaz Sharif at Jama Masjid, why should it not show RSS chief: Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 07:08 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today defended state – run Doordarshan's stand on telecasting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat's speech, saying that if it can telecast Nawaz Sharif at the Jama Masjid then

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Maharashtra polls: Nitin Gadkari in row over alleged 'bribe' remarks; EC sends notice

Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 06:41 AM IST

Mumbai/New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stoked a controversy by allegedly asking voters at a public meeting in poll-bound Maharashtra to accept bribes, prompting the Election Commission to issue him a show cause notice

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Youth detained for trying to hurl shoe at Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 06:42 AM IST

Pune: A youth was detained by city police after he tried to hurl a shoe at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at an election rally here.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at the venue immediately handed over

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BJP is not against any community, says Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Oct 03, 2014, 07:16 AM IST

Chandrapur: Union Minister for Transport and Rural Development Nitin Gadkari today said the BJP is for development with true national spirit and is not against any community as projected by rival political parties.  Gadkari was

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Haryana polls: Congress-NCP rule hindered Maharashtra's growth, says Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 03:40 PM IST

Nashik: Union Minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has said Maharashtra's development took a backseat during the previous Congress-NCP government under whose watch thousands of farmers committed suicide.He also trained guns at former Congress Chief

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Japan keen to help India improve road network in Northeast

India | Sep 25, 2014, 07:44 AM IST

New Delhi: Japan on Wednesday offered help to India in building road infrastructure in strategically important Northeast, a proposal unlikely to go down well with China.The offer was made by visiting Japanese Minister for Land,

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All 12 sea ports to be connected with railroads, says Gadkari

Politics | Sep 23, 2014, 10:24 PM IST

Mumbai: The government plans to work towards directly connecting all 12 major sea ports with railroads and start a roll-on-roll-off service to transport vehicles easily from factories, Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari

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Gadkari, Jitendra to conduct aerial survey in Kashmir

India | Sep 21, 2014, 05:27 PM IST

Jammu: Union Ministers Nitin Gadari and Jitendra Singh will tomorrow take an aerial survey of various roads damaged in recent floods in valley in Jammu and Kashmir.Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari and Minister

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BJP-Shiv Sena to continue alliance but stand-off over seat sharing still continues

Politics | Sep 20, 2014, 11:13 AM IST

Mumbai:  Resolving the tussle over seat-sharing which almost led to the BJP and the Shiv Sena ending their 25-year-old alliance, the two parties Friday announced they would unitedly fight the Oct 15 Maharashtra assembly elections

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