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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Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday described it as a private limited company where, he said, the post of the party head was reserved for the Gandhi family.
Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said unlike the Congress leader, the opposition party did not believe in publicising visits of its leaders to Dalit households. "I do not
Congress on Monday dismissed Nitin Gadkari's criticism of Rahul Gandhi's "lack of experience" on infrastructure issues, calling the BJP president as an "extension board" of the RSS who deserved no response. "We have great respect
BJP president Nitin Gadkari has said that he would be personally happy if Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan agreed to join BJP, but at the moment, he says, he would not like to politicize the issue.
Taking exception to charges of corruption levelled by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said he is a "cheap politician". "The sweeping remarks are very unfortunate and it seems Gadkari
The BJP on Thursday said it would take a decision on the return of Uma Bharti after she approached the party leadership on this. "We will take our stand when she tells me. As of
BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Congress party owe an apology to the people for not attending the concluding event of the literary meet in Pune. "Chavan has
As dissent grew in BJP over his choice of new team of office bearers, party chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he "cannot satisfy" everyone but unhappy leaders have the right the discuss the issue
Upset over being ignored by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, actor-turned-MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday became the first party leader to publicly criticise the composition of the new team of office bearers, saying it was "new
Coming down heavily on the price rise of essential commodities in the state, the BJP on Sunday announced plans to stage a rally here on April 5, to be attended by its national president Nitin
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