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: 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
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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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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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