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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Mumbai: The 25-year-old alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena was on the verge of collapse Friday with both parties adopting a tough stance on the issue of seat-sharing for the Oct 15 state
New Delhi: Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today asserted that Ram Sethu structure will not be demolished for the construction of Sethusamudram shipping canal project.“There is no question of demolition of the Ram Sethu,” he said
New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday said the government will soon come up with a law and allow running of e-rickshaws in Delhi.Addressing reporters here on the completion of his 100
New Delhi: Seeking to come down heavily on traffic offenders, the government proposed on Saturday steep penalties of up to Rs. 3 lakh along with a minimum seven-year imprisonment for death of a child in
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday solicited the cooperation of all sections of society for "Ganga seva", while reiterating his call to turn rejuvenation of the Ganga river into a mass movement."Modi has called
New Delhi: Rural households without sanitation facilities will get Rs 15,000 each for constructing toilets while schools will get Rs 54,000 for same purpose.Stepping up efforts to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Clean India'
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to build "Swachh Bharat (Clean India)" by 2019 will be achieved in mission mode.Addressing a function here, he said that the
New Delhi: Calling for practical approach to achieve the goal of sanitation for all by 2019, Union Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Nitin Gadkari said the dream project of Prime Minister
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping launched India's first ethanol-run bus in Nagpur on a pilot basis.Speaking on the occasion, he said that a bill to make provision for running
Nagpur: Visiting poll-bound Maharashtra for a second time in less than a week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gifted the state a clutch of infrastructure projects including a metro for Nagpur as he reaffirmed his
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday addressed a public gathering in Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Nagpur (Maharashtra). As usual people enjoyed his speech. Modi sent out a special message on conserving electricity. He also challenged to root
Pune: Cautioning BJP workers against self complacency, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked them not to solely depend on the “Modi wave” for victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra. While stressing that the
Faridabad: Union Minister for Roads, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari today announced Rs 15,000 crore road projects in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Centre would invest over 15,000 crore for construction of roads in Uttar
Mumbai: Reiterating its staunch opposition to the demand for creation of a separate Vidarbha state, Shiv Sena today said there is no substance left in the demand and accused “those seeking to divide states of
New Delhi: Government will not "break" 'Ram Sethu' for the proposed Sethusamudram shipping canal project and will make efforts to see that the navigation system is put in place without damaging it, Shipping Minister Nitin
New Delhi: Mayors of all three municipal corporations in Delhi today requested Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to urge Delhi High Court to allow e-rickshaws to ply in the national capital while a policy is awaited
New Delhi: Highlighting the BJP-led NDA government's commitment to improve road transport infrastructure in the country, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said that action against malpractices in the Regional Transport
Mathura: Several plans are in the pipeline to tap the tourism potential of Mathura, actress-turned-politician and local MP Hema Malini said today. “To start mono-rail in Mathura, I had a detailed meeting with Union Minister
Mumbai: Indicating his resolve to improve road transport infrastructure in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today that he would act against malpractices in the regional transport office (RTO). “You are aware of
Mumbai: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today expressed confidence that in the next couple of years, India's GDP growth will be 8.5 per cent thanks to the “pro-development policies” adopted by the BJP-led NDA government at
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