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 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
Jalandhar, Dec 25 : Accusing the Congress of making of mockery of Lokpal, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the UPA government has no intention of bringing a strong bill.“Congress does not want the
Jalandhar, Dec 23 : Terming politics as the ladder to change the socio-economic condition of the country, BJP president Nitin Gadkari said that his party could change the nation's face in three years if it
New Delhi, Dec 22: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said his party favoured the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) but feared that Union government may adopt a discriminatory approach in releasing the collected
New Delhi, Dec 22: Accusing the UPA of pursuing wrong economic policies, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today said his party will overthrow the Congress-led alliance to bring the country back on the path of economic
Mumbai, Dec 19 : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said he would meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari over the state's long standing border dispute with Karnataka.“I will personally meet BJP president Nitin
Chandrapur (Maha), Dec 10: Urging people neither to depend on God nor the government to change their economic conditions, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that consistent efforts, self confidence, latest techniques, leadership
New Delhi, Dec 9: Dubbing Congress as a party of “capitalists and middlemen”, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today ridiculed the Planning Commission's Rs 32 per day poverty cap and asked the Prime Minister and Congress
Nainital, Dec 4: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today alleged the Congress-led UPA government was compromising with the principles of Mahatma Gandhi on the issue of FDI as the Father of the Nation was against foreign
Kolkata, Nov 30: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today dubbed the Trinamool Congress as a ‘silent partner' of UPA and that party chief Mamata Banerjee was going ‘soft' on it on corruption and price rise despite
Bhopal, Nov 18: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the nation for the “political conspiracy” under which BJP whistle-blowers were jailed in the
Ayodhya, Nov 17: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said the long-awaited Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be erected, once Ram Rajya is in place. Gadkari said here that Ram Rajya was BJP's agenda. “When Ram
New Delhi, Nov 12: BJP president Nitin Gadkari has said that DMK leader M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi should now be released on bail. Replying to questions on Rajat Sharma's Aap Ki Adalat show, Gadkari said now
Mumbai, Nov 12: Coming down heavily on sycophancy in politics, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he would ensure that those who wish to build a political career by hovering around leaders are never
Ludhiana, Nov 6: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday blamed the Congress for corruption and inflation in the country and lamented that an “honest” prime minister had failed to curb them.“Corruption and inflation are twin
New Delhi, Nov 3: A BJP delegation led by party chief Nitin Gadkari today met President Pratibha Patil and demanded that she direct the Central government to take stringent action against illegal mining in Goa
Lucknow, Oct 31: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said the party would fight the upcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh under a collective leadership and elected MLAs would choose the Chief Ministerial candidate in
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