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Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

DOB: 27/05/1957

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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Aap Ki Adalat

25 years of Aap Ki Adalat with Rajat Sharma: Watch special show with Nitin Gadkari today

Apr 06, 2019, 03:43 PM IST

Today's Aap Ki Adalat show will give a chance to its viewers to ask questions to the Union minister through social media.

25 years of Aap Ki Adalat with Rajat Sharma: Watch special

25 years of Aap Ki Adalat with Rajat Sharma: Watch special show with Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur

Apr 03, 2019, 07:52 PM IST

The sane voice in the political noise for 25 years, Rajat Sharma's Aap Ki Adalat will be coming to your town, where you will be able to ask the questions from the politicians.

Nitin Gadkari at India TV conclave

BJP will win more than 300 LS seats, Modi will be PM, says minister Nitin Gadkari in India TV conclave

Mar 28, 2019, 03:18 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today claimed that he was confident that his party would win more than 300 Lok Sabha seats and Narendra Modi will again become the Prime Minister. "I am not in the race", he added.

Nitin Gadkari in India TV's Chunav Manch

Gadkari in Chunav Manch: Development will speak for itself, highlights you can reach Delhi-Meerut in 45 minutes

Mar 28, 2019, 03:19 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the PM Modi-led government is going into the Lok Sabha Elections with development as its biggest weapon. Gadkari said, "Today we are thinking of reaching Meerut from Delhi in 45 minutes. That's our work."

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Nitin Gadkari claims Congress workers in Nagpur support him

Mar 28, 2019, 09:46 AM IST

Nitin Gadkari said he is getting best wishes from non-BJP parties, including the opposition Congress.

The fact that Priyanka managed to do a steamer/boat ride in

Priyanka Gandhi's Ganga Yatra proof of Modi government's development: Nitin Gadkari

Mar 26, 2019, 11:49 AM IST

Gadkari said that Narendra Modi would return as Prime Minister with a huge mandate and it would be bigger than the one he got in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

No consensus with allies as yet on next Goa CM, says Nitin Gadkari

No consensus with allies as yet on next Goa CM: Nitin Gadkari

India | Mar 18, 2019, 05:51 PM IST

Names of Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, and MGP chief Sudin Dhavalikar have been doing the rounds since Monday morning.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

New Goa government to be announced soon: BJP MLA

India | Mar 18, 2019, 07:56 AM IST

Gadkari is expected to finalise on a Chief Ministerial candidate to replace Manohar Parrikar, in consultation with party President Amit Shah.

Goa Assembly turmoil Latest Updates: Pramod Sawant front

Who will be next Goa CM? Suspense continues, official announcement soon

India | Mar 19, 2019, 12:01 AM IST

The political battle in Goa ensued within hours of the untimely demise of the CM. The coalition government, held together under the leadership on Parrikar crumbled as BJP is trying to bring everyone back together.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Transport Minister Nitin

Union Ministers Swaraj, Jaitley, Gadkari lay foundation stones for Rs 1L crore Delhi-Mumbai, Dwarka expressways

India | Mar 08, 2019, 08:49 PM IST

Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari Friday laid the foundation stones for two high-speed highway corridors -- Rs 90,000 crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and Rs 9,000 crore Dwarka Expressway here.

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Gurgaon will soon get connected with Delhi through Dwarka

India | Mar 07, 2019, 07:35 AM IST

The hurdles to the completion of the much-delayed Dwarka expressway have been cleared. The foundation stone of the five-km stretch, falling under the territory of Delhi, will be laid on Thursday by Union Minister of Road Transport Nitin Gadkari.

Kota Hanging Bridge, Rajasthan

Pragati Ka Highway: Breathtaking video highlights India’s giant strides in road connectivity

India | Mar 06, 2019, 05:39 PM IST

India has made significant progress when it comes to road connectivity. Projects like Zojila Tunnel, Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Kota Hanging Bridge, Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, Madurai-Ramanathapuram, Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, JNPT Road Connectivity and Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway as highlighted in the video showcases how is taking giant strides.

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Store nation's urine, end urea import: Nitin Gadkari's brainwave

Politics | Mar 04, 2019, 08:53 AM IST

Talking about importance of innovation, he gave the example of how bio-fuels can be extracted from natural waste.

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Not in race for PM post; I'm pure RSS man with conviction to work for nation: Nitin Gadkari

India | Mar 01, 2019, 05:29 PM IST

The senior BJP leader said that BJP would get absolute majority in the upcoming elections and the country would go ahead on the path of development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi while "we are standing behind him."  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to lay foundation stone of Rs 3,580 crore project for decongested Delhi

India | Feb 28, 2019, 06:26 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Friday lay the foundation stone of a Rs 3,580 crore highway project here to decongest Delhi, the government said on Thursday.

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Why continue Indus Water Treaty if Pakistan doesn't honour its spirit: Nitin Gadkari

India | Feb 25, 2019, 10:33 PM IST

Addressing a public meeting here, Gadkari said Pakistan should stop sponsoring terrorists, supporting terror outfits and sending terrorists into India, otherwise it would have to reel under shortage of water.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari

Nationalism is in soul of BJP, development its religion: Nitin Gadkari

India | Feb 24, 2019, 11:31 PM IST

Nationalism is in the soul of the BJP and development of the nation is the party's religion, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

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Pulwama Attack: In bold move, India stops flow of its share of water to Pak from rivers under Indus Treaty

India | Feb 21, 2019, 11:40 PM IST

In another bold move after the Pulwama attack, the government has decided to stop India's share of water flowing to Pakistan from eastern rivers.

Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari to inaugurate, lay foundation stones for NHs and Namami Gange projects in Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahar

India | Feb 21, 2019, 12:17 PM IST

Gadkari will be accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

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Will thrash anybody talking about caste in my area, says Nitin Gadkari

India | Feb 11, 2019, 08:54 AM IST

  Gadkari further said: "the entire society should be brought together on the basis of economic and social equality and unity and it also should be free from casteism and communalism".  

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