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: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Gadkari, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam, former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil are a few of the 29 new entrants to the 16th Lok Sabha
New Delhi: BJP top brass today went into a huddle to discuss the possibility of the party forming the government at the Centre and changes in the organisation ahead of counting of votes on May
New Delhi: Amid reports that he is lobbying for a comeback as BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari today said there would be no change in the party's leadership.Gadkari, who was removed as party chief after he
New Delhi: An "appropriate decision at an appropriate time" will be taken by the BJP on the role of party veteran L.K. Advani, former party chief Nitin Gadkari said Wednesday.Gadkari, along with party president Rajnath
Ahmedabad: Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari are arriving here today to meet the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar to discuss the situation that will arise out of
Nagpur: The Income Tax department here in Maharashtra has said there was no inquiry or investigation pending against former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.The department's reply came in response to a Right to Information query by
Nagpur: The Income Tax department has said that there is no inquiry or investigation presently pending with it against former BJP President Nitin Gadkari.The Directorate of Income Tax (investigation), Nagpur gave this information in response
Mumbai: Congress leader Manish Tewari has tendered an unconditional apology to Nitin Gadkari in connection with his charge against him in the Adarsh Housing scam following which BJP leader withdrew a defamation case against him.“Tewari
Kolkata: Keeping open the possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should agree to a CBI probe into the Saradha
Kolkata: Keeping open the possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should agree to a CBI probe into the
Patna: “Casteism is in the DNA of Bihar that is why more talk of casteism take place in the state,” senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said today.He made the comment when asked why BJP leaders
New Delhi: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari today trashed media reports, which quoted a purported tweet by him to claim that Kiran Bedi will be party's chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi assembly polls. “The
New Delhi: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari today trashed media reports, which quoted a purported tweet by him to claim that Kiran Bedi will be party's chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi assembly polls. “The
New Delhi: Millions voted across 14 states and union territories Thursday in the third round of parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the country's 543 MPs.An estimated quarter of the 191 million electorate had voted
New Delhi: A court here Monday directed former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it May 21 in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.It had issued summons to Kejriwal to
Pune: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said on Monday night that BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari and Gopinath Munde had approached him with a request not to contest Lok Sabha elections to avoid division
Pune: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Monday launched his Lok Sabha campaign in his inimitable style, with attacks on the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP while strongly supporting BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.Targetting
Nagpur: Bollywood actor Preeti Jhingiani today campaigned for BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur. Addressing suporters in Khamla here, Preeti Jhingiani said, people of India now want change and the next government at the Centre
Nagpur: Former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, who will be contesting his debut Lok Sabha election from Nagpur, today declared his assets including a 1,050 sq ft flat worth Rs 3.87 crore in Mumbai and jewellery
Mumbai: Hitting out at BJP over the Advani ticket issue, Shiv Sena today questioned why the party took so long to decide on his Lok Sabha seat and said while Narendra Modi's era has begun,
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