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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New Delhi, Jan 23: Everything was going hunky-dory for BJP president Nitin Gadkari till Tuesday morning, with the RSS standing firmly behind him, when news came about the Income-Tax survey of investor companies of Mumbai
New Delhi, Jan 23: Greeting Rajnath Singh on his appointment as the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party, his predecessor Nitin Gadkari alleged a "political conspiracy" was behind his decision to opt against a second
New Delhi, Jan 23: Rajnath Singh, who was elected President of BJP today, finds himself in the familiar role of leading the party at a time when the party is dogged by factional feud and
New Delhi, Jan 23: The BJP parliamentary board Wednesday thanked the party's outgoing president Nitin Gandkari, saying he immensely helped in expanding the party's support base.The parliamentary board met at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters
New Delhi, Jan 23: Pitchforked by circumstances, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh was today unanimously elected party president but he faces the immediate challenge of tackling internal feuds and repairing the damage caused by allegations
New Delhi, Jan 23: Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is all set for another stint in office after he filed his nomination here Wednesday morning.Rajnath Singh and incumbent Nitin Gadkari arrived at the
Mumbai, Jan 23: The Income Tax Department Tuesday conducted on-field inquiries at 11 premises in Mumbai belonging to alleged shell companies related to Purti Group with which BJP chief Nitin Gadkari was associated and found
New Delhi, Jan 23: Congress Tuesday night said Nitin Gadkari's opting out of the race for BJP President's post for a second time is the opposition party's internal affair.“We have nothing to say on this.
New Delhi, Jan 22: Outgoing BJP president Nitin Gadkari tonight said he was opting out of the race for president post as he did not want allegations against him should adversely affect the interests of
New Delhi, Jan 22: After two days of hectic political lobbying by senior BJP leaders, the RSS finally relented on Tuesday marking the exit of Nitin Gadkari as BJP president.The BJP central parliamentary board will
New Delhi, Jan 22 : High drama unfolded in the BJP today on the eve of election of a new party president with Yashwant Sinha procuring a nomination form and Mahesh Jethmalani complaining he is
New Delhi, Jan 22 : The Purti group today said that some of the companies about which the Income Tax department carried out on-field inquiries in Mumbai today are not part of its family but
Mumbai, Jan 22: Income Tax department today launched on-field inquiries at around nine locations in Mumbai belonging to alleged shell companies related to Nitin Gadkari's Purti group, a day before he seeks a second straight
Lucknow, Jan 21: National BJP leaders, including party chief Nitin Gadkari, Monday faced protests from anti-reservation activists here who were carrying black flags and raised anti-BJP slogans.The leaders were here to attend the 'Atal Shankhnaad'
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday issued a notification for the party president's elections amid likelihood of incumbent Nitin Gadkari getting another term as no other contender has emerged for the
Mumbai, Jan 19: Describing late Bal Thackeray as an “open-hearted” person, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said here that the Sena patriarch was not a “dictator” and always took decisions, which he felt were “reasonable”.“Balasaheb was
Bhopal, Jan 17: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday expressed “surprise” over the likely appointment of Nitin Gadkari as the BJP president for the second time, and claimed the saffron party has now lost
Nagpur, Jan 16: Senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Minister Narayan Rane had a breakfast meeting with Nitin Gadkari Tuesday at the residence of the BJP national president here raising eyebrows in political circles.Rane, who arrived
Nagpur, Jan 12: The Income Tax department has issued summons for appearance to BJP President Nitin Gadkari in connection with its investigation against him and some associated companies for alleged tax evasion. Top sources in
New Delhi, Jan 4: BJP president Nitin Gadkari appears to be frontrunner for a second term in office as the party weighs its options for the crucial decision which is likely to be taken by
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