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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Raigarh, July 30: The BJP is not owned by any family and its workers are its strength, party president Nitin Gadkari has said. Addressing a gathering after unveiling the statue of BJP leader Lakhiram Agarwal in
New Delhi, July 25: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked him to take a final call on his fate on the Lokayukta report and insisted that a
New Delhi, July 23: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today constituted a Policy Formulation Action Group (PFAG) under the convenorship of former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to bring about more coherence and clarity in the party's
New Delhi, Jun 20 : Talks between BJP President Nitin Gadkari and sulking senior party leader Gopinath Munde remained inconclusive late Sunday night with both sides sticking to their stand over appointment of their men
Dehradun, Jun 19: A private helicopter, hired along with two other choppers for the visit of BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and his family, crashed in Ladpur jungles here today barely hours after the group had
Dehra Dun, June 20: Ahead of the assembly polls early next year in Uttarakhand, BJP President Nitin Gadkari has held a meeting of the party's core group here, party sources today said.The details of the
Kolkata, Jun 16: BJP President Nitin Gadkari in a strong rebuttal to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remark has said that his party ruled nine states in the country and is the only democratic party in
Kolkata, June 16 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari has questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's silence on corruption issue and the crackdown on Baba Ramdev's protest.'Why is Mamataji quiet on the various issues of
Kolkata, Jun 16 : In yet another blast at the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee may fulfil his wish of becoming the country's prime minister
New Delhi, Jun 7: Nearly six years after she was expelled from the party, firebrand Hindutva leader Uma Bharti was today re-inducted into the BJP that entrusted her with the task of looking after Uttar
New Delhi, Jun 6: Throwing its weight behind Baba Ramdev in his fight against black money and corruption, BJP today said it is not a fight of one party or one individual but the fight
New Delhi, May 24: A Canadian-origin pilot of a private air charter company, who was to fly BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to Mumbai, was arrested here today for allegedly trying to enter the airport with
New Delhi, May 10: BJP on Monday held a conclave of its chief ministers here to discuss the status of governance in the states ruled by the party and make necessary improvements with a view
Kanpur, May 1 : Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today accused BJP president Nitin Gadkari of amassing thousands of crores of rupees and asked him to divulge his sources of income."The BJP has been accusing
New Delhi, April 28: BJP President Nitin Gadkari tonight said the ruckus at the meeting of the PAC on the 2G spectrum scam represented a “black day” for the country's democracy and alleged that whatever
Mumbai, Apr 26 : BJP is confident of forming the next government in Assam and doing reasonably well in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pudduchery and West Bengal, party president Nitin Gadkari said.“BJP received a good response
Uluberia (WB), Apr 21 : BJP President Nitin Gadkari tonight blamed the ruling CPI(M) for West Bengal's continued “saga of undevelopment”, citing Bihar and Gujarat as models of development. “Look at the turnaround story of
Ramanathapuram (TN), Apr 7 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly poll was "not an election for deciding future of DMK, AIADMK, BJP or Congress, but is to decide
Dharamsala, Apr 7 : BJP National Vice President Shanta Kumar has written to Party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader L K Advani to ask the government to convene a special session of the Parliament
Ranchi, Mar 27 : BJP today said it would focus on the next elections in Uttar Pradesh as Mayawati-led government "will not return" and the people "wouldn't like to bring back"Samajwadi Party and Congress as
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