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Gadkari says, he will quit politics if charges proved

New Delhi, Oct 18: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday offered the quit politics if charges of irregularities are proved against him.Speaking to Hindustan times, Gadkari invited Arvind Kejriwal to come to Maharashtra to see






Q: Why is there so much buzz about your sugarcane business?




Nitin Gadkari:
It's not so much a business project for me as much as a social-economic one in Vidarbha. Many sugar mills have closed down or gone defunct. Our group and 15,000 other share holders revived a sugar mill in Bhandara after winning an open bid thrice and took Rs. 400 crore from Nabard. We have provided jobs to 6,000 people. I became BJP president by accident; otherwise my attention was on social work in Vidarba. We have even organised 2,000 heart surgeries.

Q: Haven't your business friends got you into this situation?

Nitin Gadkari: I don't do business with my friends. It's a wrong perception. As Maharashtra PWD minister between 1995 and 1999, I had a series of roads, highways and flyovers built across the state including the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai-Pune Expressway, involving Rs. 8,000 crore. Was there a single complaint of corruption against me when so much money was involved? On the other hand, there was all round praise for cost cutting and timely completion of these projects.