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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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Rajnath Singh elected BJP president, vows to bring back party to power

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 06:52 PM IST

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

rajnath singh all set for another term as bjp chief

Rajnath Singh all set for another term as BJP chief

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 01:18 PM IST

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

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IT fails to locate companies associated with Gadkari's Purti group

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 11:39 AM IST

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

gadkari episode is bjp s internal affair cong

Gadkari episode is BJP's internal affair: Cong

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 11:25 AM IST

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.

nitin gadkari opts out of bjp president race

Nitin Gadkari opts out of BJP president race

Politics | Jan 22, 2013, 10:48 PM IST

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

nitin gadkari resigns rajnath singh to be new bjp president

Nitin Gadkari resigns, Rajnath Singh to be new BJP president

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 10:43 AM IST

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

yashwant sinha likely to contest against gadkari for bjp

Yashwant Sinha likely to contest against Gadkari for BJP chief post

Politics | Jan 22, 2013, 09:27 PM IST

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

firms raided by i t not ours says purti group

Firms raided by I-T not ours, says Purti group

Politics | Jan 22, 2013, 09:05 PM IST

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

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Nitin Gadkari's alleged shell companies subjected to on-field inquiries by IT dept

Politics | Jan 22, 2013, 07:16 PM IST

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

gadkari greeted with black flags in lucknow

Gadkari greeted with black flags in Lucknow

Politics | Jan 21, 2013, 06:58 PM IST

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'

bjp to elect party chief jan 23 gadkari likely to stay on

BJP to elect party chief Jan 23, Gadkari likely to stay on

Politics | Jan 21, 2013, 06:54 PM IST

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

bal thackeray was not a dictator says gadkari

Bal Thackeray was not a dictator, says Gadkari

Politics | Jan 19, 2013, 02:45 PM IST

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

kejriwal takes potshots at bjp over second term to gadkari

Kejriwal takes potshots at BJP over second term to Gadkari

Politics | Jan 17, 2013, 01:36 PM IST

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

narayan rane s breakfast meeting with gadkari raises

Narayan Rane's breakfast meeting with Gadkari raises eyebrows

Politics | Jan 16, 2013, 12:33 PM IST

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

income tax dept summons bjp president nitin gadkari

Income Tax dept summons BJP president Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Jan 12, 2013, 11:34 PM IST

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

gadkari front runner in bjp presidential race

Gadkari front-runner in BJP presidential race

Politics | Jan 04, 2013, 01:30 PM IST

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

digvijay singh gets bail in defamation case filed by gadkari

Digvijay Singh gets bail in defamation case filed by Gadkari

Politics | Dec 21, 2012, 11:25 AM IST

New Delhi, Dec 21: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh was today granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP President Nitin Gadkari.Singh appeared before Metropolitan

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I will not resign: Gadkari

Politics | Dec 08, 2012, 10:31 AM IST

New Delhi, Dec 7: Amid demands from some party leaders that he should step down in the wake of allegations of dubious fundings of his companies, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said he is an

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UPA government in ICU: Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Nov 24, 2012, 03:08 PM IST

Agartala, Nov 22: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the UPA government at the Centre is in "intensive care unit" and claimed that his party would form government in the next elections."The UPA government

bjp disapproves of yashwant sinha s remarks on gadkari

BJP disapproves of Yashwant Sinha's remarks on Gadkari

Politics | Nov 20, 2012, 08:38 PM IST

New Delhi, Nov 20: The BJP disapproved of the remarks made by party leader Yashwant Sinha Tuesday seeking the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari, saying he should reconsider his comments.Coming out of a meeting

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