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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 invites Anna, Sonia for open debate on Land Bill
National | Mar 19, 2015, 01:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has invited social activist Anna Hazare and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for an open debate on contentious Land Acquisition Bill.Gadkari today wrote a letter to political leaders and
Modi govt likely to restrict red beacons to nine constitutional dignitaries
India | Mar 18, 2015, 06:59 PM IST
New Delhi: Putting an end to the rampant misuse of red beacon lights on cars that causes inconvenience to the general public, the Narendra Modi led NDA government is mulling to limit the use of
Gadkari gives approval for new NH connecting Haryana to Rajasthan
India | Mar 13, 2015, 10:41 PM IST
Gurgaon: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has approved the Haryana government's demand to have another national highway connecting Haryana to Rajasthan.Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while addressing the farmers at the

Waterway to be developed between Delhi and Agra
India | Mar 12, 2015, 08:46 PM IST
A waterway will be developed between Delhi and Agra for which technical study will be conducted by a Holland-based company, government told Rajya Sabha today.Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said the project
BJP fails to rally entire NDA on Land Bill
National | Mar 10, 2015, 10:38 PM IST
New Delhi: The ruling BJP today failed to rally the entire NDA behind it for the passage of the contentious Land Bill in Lok Sabha as key ally Shiv Sena abstained while one-member Swabhimani Paksha
Govt plans to build 30 km road per day: Nitin Gadkari
National | Mar 10, 2015, 08:42 AM IST
New Delhi: Government plans to lay 30 km of roads per day in the next two years, up from the current level of 11 kms a day, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.“We want to

Nitin Gadkari meets Uddhav Thackeray over Land Bill
National | Feb 28, 2015, 12:06 PM IST
Mumbai: Amidst the ongoing fracas over the land acquisition bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today met Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to urge him to support the Centre over the contentious bill.Thackeray, who has been
Govt not on back foot on land bill: Nitin Gadkari
National | Feb 27, 2015, 09:57 PM IST
Mumbai: Notwithstanding the stiff opposition to the land bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the Narendra Modi government was not on the “back foot” on the issue but conceded there may have been a
Never took money from any corporate entity, Gadkari says
National | Feb 27, 2015, 09:16 PM IST
Mumbai: As news reports about his having enjoyed the hospitality of the Essar group during a trip to Europe triggered a row, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he had visited a yacht belonging

Nitin Gadkari at the centre of a storm over yacht ride abroad
National | Feb 27, 2015, 09:24 PM IST
New Delhi/Mumbai: Union Transport Ministe Nitin Gadkari was today at the centre of a controversy over reports that he and his family spent two nights on a luxury yacht owned by Essar group in the
Govt open to accepting "good" suggestions on land law: Gadkari
National | Feb 25, 2015, 06:58 PM IST
New Delhi: As the opposition to the land acquisition law including from its allies grew, Government today said it is open to accepting “good” suggestions and insisted that the new measure was pro-farmer and pro-poor.Road
Govt to scrap 125 toll plazas by month-end: Nitin Gadkari
National | Feb 12, 2015, 05:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Aiming to spare the general public from levy at highways, the Government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February.“We will cancel toll at around

BJP leaders, Ministers attend wedding of Amit Shah's son
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:30 PM IST
Ahmedabad: BJP leaders and ministers were here today to attend the wedding of party president Amit Shah's son Jay, even as the Delhi poll results trickled in.Those present at the wedding organised at the YMCA
To counter insurgency, Road Ministry seeks Rs. 12,000 crore to build roads in Naxal zones
India | Feb 05, 2015, 09:48 AM IST
New Delhi: Government is looking forward to develop the road network in the naxal affected areas to avoid insurgency. Road ministry reportedly is seeking an aid of Rs. 12,000 crore from the home ministry as
AAP, a 'confused party of defused netas': Gadkari
National | Feb 02, 2015, 10:28 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said AAP is a “confused party of defused netas” as he asked the people of Delhi to vote for BJP saying that the city's pace of development will

We are a govt of 'Ram bhakts': Nitin Gadkari, kicks up row
National | Jan 21, 2015, 10:16 PM IST
Faizabad: In comments that could kick up a row, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government at the Centre is of ‘Ram bhakts'(devotees) and those who shout ‘Jai Shri Ram' slogans.Gadkari, a senior BJP
Road projects worth Rs 50k cr to begin in UP by Dec: Nitin Gadkari
National | Jan 21, 2015, 04:28 PM IST
Lucknow: Road projects worth Rs 50,000 crore would be started in Uttar Pradesh by the year-end, Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today.He said the length of national highways in the state was
Nitin Gadkari announces building of Ayodhya-Janakpur Ram-Janki Marg
National | Jan 21, 2015, 09:04 AM IST
Faizabad: Interlinking the development of villages with development of roads, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs 50,000 crore by the end of this year for construction of roads in Uttar
Development of waterways top priority: Nitin Gadkari
National | Jan 20, 2015, 04:21 PM IST
Basti (UP): Waterways development will be the top priority for NDA government due to its lower fare cost compared to rail and road transport, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said here today.“Development of waterways will
Government plans to convert 101 rivers into waterways: Nitin Gadkari
National | Jan 18, 2015, 03:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Keen on promoting water transport to propel economic growth, the government has set an ambitious target to convert 101 rivers across the nation into waterways, union minister Nitin Gadkari said."Promoting waterways is the