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Nitin Gadkari

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.

Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari threat calls case: Nagpur police seize mobile phones, sim cards from Karnataka jail
Maharashtra | Mar 24, 2023, 09:45 PM IST
As part of their investigation, the local police with the help of their Belagavi counterparts searched the premises of Hindalga Central Jail in the Karnataka city where a man named Jayesh Pujari is serving a life sentence, said Nagpur police chief Amitesh Kumar.
Nitin Gadkari's office receives 3 extortion calls; case lodged over social media posts
Maharashtra | Mar 21, 2023, 05:59 PM IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari made news on Tuesday for two wrong reasons. In the first case, his office receives 3 extortion calls and the second matter was related to objectionable social media posts.
'World's first' 200-meter bamboo crash barrier installed on Maharashtra highway
Maharashtra | Mar 04, 2023, 04:51 PM IST
Calling it a 'remarkable achievement' for the country and its bamboo sector, Gadkari said this crash barrier offers a perfect alternative to steel and addresses environmental concerns.

Before end of 2024, Uttar Pradesh will have road infrastructure like America: Nitin Gadkari
Uttar Pradesh | Feb 27, 2023, 06:18 PM IST
The condition of roads in UP was not good before the year 2014. After the Narendra Modi government came to power, National Highway has increased from 7,643 km to 13,000 km in the state, Nitin Gadkari said.
Nitin Gadkari shares stunning photos of Delhi-Mumbai expressway
India | Jan 23, 2023, 01:55 PM IST
Delhi-Mumbai expressway will connect the urban centres of Delhi through the Delhi-Faridabad-Sohna section of the corridor along with a spur to Jewar Airport and Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Mumbai through a spur in Mumbai.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gets death threats, security tightened
India | Jan 14, 2023, 03:22 PM IST
The unknown caller reportedly made extortion demands and issued death threats targeting Gadkari - who is currently in Nagpur for the Makar Sankranti festival -- before disconnecting abruptly.

Road infrastructure in India will be equal to standard of USA by 2024, says Nitin Gadkari
India | Dec 17, 2022, 07:47 AM IST
Speaking about the logistics cost, Gadkari said, "Our logistics cost is a big problem. Presently, it comes to 16 per cent, but I am promising you that up to the end of 24, we will take it to the single digit, up to 9 per cent."
Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be almost complete in December, says Nitin Gadkari
India | Dec 13, 2022, 07:03 PM IST
The expressway between Delhi and Mumbai would be almost complete in December. With this, the distance between the two cities can be covered in 12 hours, Nitin Gadkari said.
15-year-old government vehicles will be scrapped: Nitin Gadkari
Business | Nov 25, 2022, 04:58 PM IST
Scrapping of govt vehicles: This is a big change as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and rice-producing parts of the country, where burning of rice straw causes pollution.

‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our God’: Gadkari’s attempt to settle controversy over Guv’s remark
India | Nov 21, 2022, 07:41 PM IST
Trouble for Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been mounting over his remarks on Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as MLA from the ruling party came forward demanding his ousting from the state.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 68,000 crore worth of road projects in four Northeast state
India | Nov 09, 2022, 11:20 PM IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Assam: Among various road projects announced by the Gadkari, there is an elevated 38-kilometers-long corridor project in Kaziranga National Park for Rs 6,000 crore.
‘MasterChef...’: Jairam Ramesh takes jibe at BJP over Nitin Gadkari's praises to Manmohan Singh
India | Nov 09, 2022, 05:07 PM IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari surprised everyone by heaping praises on Congress veteran and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recognizing his effort to reform the Indian economy in the 1990s.

Gadkari heaps praises on Manmohan Singh: 'India indebted to former PM for economic reforms'
India | Nov 09, 2022, 10:20 AM IST
The Union minister said, the economic reforms started by Singh as the finance minister in 1991 gave a new direction to India as it ushered in a liberal economy
'Delhi will be traffic jam free...': Union Minister Nitin Gadkari explains Centre's plan
India | Nov 08, 2022, 09:41 PM IST
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the pollution issue can be solved in stakeholders come together keeping politics aside.
Nitin Gadkari promises ropeways, clean energy projects for poll-bound Himachal Pradesh
Elections | Nov 08, 2022, 04:35 PM IST
Talking about shortage of petrol pumps and gas stations here, Gadkari said the government will try to bring an electric mobility system.

NHAI infra trust to have 1500 km of assets by 2025; launches Rs 1500-cr NCD
India | Oct 13, 2022, 10:19 PM IST
The trust has 636 km of operational national highways with it now across eight sections, which will touch 1,500 km over the next three years.
Nitin Gadkari announces projects worth Rs 7,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh
India | Oct 08, 2022, 11:47 PM IST
After the inauguration of the 81st session of the Indian Road Congress (IRC), Gadkari said a total of Rs 5 lakh crore will be invested on roads in Uttar Pradesh before 2024, an official release said.
Buckle up! Now, alarms for seat belts even in the back seats
India | Sep 21, 2022, 04:25 PM IST
Seat belt alarm or safety-belt reminder means a system dedicated to alerting the driver when the driver and all other front-facing seat occupant(s) do not use the safety belt.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari asks auto makers to be quality centric, not cost centric
Auto | Sep 15, 2022, 06:48 PM IST
The union minister has suggested that automobile manufacturers can offer some discounts to people for new purchases of vehicles against scrapping of old ones.
Govt conducting pilot projects to replace toll plazas with automatic number plate recognition system
Business | Sep 13, 2022, 06:46 PM IST
Gadkari said that the government is now looking at two options -- a satellite-based toll system where the GPS will be there in a car and the toll will be directly subtracted from the passenger's bank account and the other option through number plates.