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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Mainpuri, Feb 18: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today alleged Union ministers Salman Khurshid and Beni Prasad Verma had dared the Election Commission over the minority sub-quota issue at the behest of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
New Delhi, Feb 18: Reacting sharply to Nitin Gadkari's criticism of Rahul Gandhi, Congress on Fridaytold the BJP president that he should focus on his work and “not become an astrologer”.“It will be better if
New Delhi, Feb 17: BJP president Nitin Gadkari is all set to get his term extended after the current three-year term expires in December this year, The Pioneer daily reported. The RSS, according to the
Chandauli(UP), Feb 13: Lashing out at Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his spat with the EC over the issue of quota for minorities, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today termed him as a “lawless” minister.“He
Allahabad, Feb 12: Terming Congress leader Salman Khurshid's remarks on minorities sub-quota as an “election stunt”, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today demanded his “expulsion” from the Union Cabinet.“The Law Minister's talk of greater sub-quota for
Shimla, Feb 10 : The brewing crisis in Himachal Pradesh's ruling BJP following resignation of some top party leaders remained unresolved as the high-level meeting between Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal and BJP Vice President Shanta kumar,
Ghazipur, Feb 7: BJP president Nitin Gadkari had a narrow escape today when the dais he was sitting on crashed during an election rally in Mohamadabad assembly of Ghazipur district.The incident occurred this evening when
Jaunpur(UP), Feb 5: BJP would prefer sitting in the opposition if it did not get the majority in Uttar Pradesh rather than forging alliance with any political party, its chief Nitin Gadkari today said.“BJP will
Bangalore, Feb 4: Jockeying for a suitable position in the BJP, an unrelenting former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will meet the party's central leadership in Delhi with a list of signatures of MLAs
Faizabad (UP), Feb 3 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no “moral right” to continue in office after the Supreme Court decision in the 2G Spectrum allocation case
Dehradun, Jan 24: B C Khanduri will remain the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand if the party is voted back to power as he possesses all the skills necessary for the post, including vision and transparency,
Dehradun, Jan 24: Criticising the UPA government for creating disparity between states ruled by NDA and others, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today said that the Centre must understand the reality of federal structure of the
Lucknow, Jan 24: BJP vice-president Kalraj Mishra today clarified that he never said Uma Bharti was an outsider, hence cannot become the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. PTI had in the morning circulated a news
New Delhi, Jan 22: Ruling out himself as his party's prime ministerial candidate, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday favoured Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for the top job and promised to back his candidature
Hardoi (UP), Jan 22 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday hit out Congress and Samajwadi Party for promising reservation to the Muslim community ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.“SP has promised to give
Lucknow, Jan 17: BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday accused the Congress and the Samajwadi Party of playing a game of reservation on the basis of religion for vote-bank politics in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.“The
New Delhi, Jan 8: Pushed on the backfoot, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today formally accepted tainted former UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha's offer to keep his party membership in suspension till he is cleared of
New Delhi, Jan 7: After a public outcry, the embarassed leadership of BJP today decided to postpone the primary membership given to 'tainted' ex-BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, after the latter wrote a letter to
New Delhi, Jan 5: The entire phalanx of the senior BJP leadership today marched to Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet the President and demand early reconvening of Parliament to pass the pending Lokpal Bill. Led by
Shimla, Dec 31: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Friday blasted UPA for the Lokpal fiasco accusing it of not being serious about passing the bill and asked Prime minister Manmohan Singh to resign on moral
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