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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

Raje government announces projects galore on first anniversary
National | Dec 14, 2014, 07:08 AM IST
Jaipur: A slew of projects were announced by the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan at a function Saturday to mark its first year in office.Chief Minister Raje, union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
Delhi BJP to approach Nitin Gadkari to lift ban on e-rickshaws
National | Dec 13, 2014, 10:42 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi BJP will soon approach Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to lift the ban on e-rickshaws, fearing that the Lt Governor Najeeb Jung's decision may prompt lakhs of e-ricksahw drivers to vote against
Banning Uber not a solution, says Gadkari
National | Dec 09, 2014, 02:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today disagreed with the decision to ban Uber cab services in Delhi in the wake of the alleged rape of a 27-year -old woman in a taxi

Nitin Gadkari lashes out at opposition for projecting BJP as anti-Dalit
National | Dec 08, 2014, 06:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the Central government was not only committed to social equality for Dalits but also economic justice for them, as he lashed out at opposition parties for
Government plans Yamuna waterway between Delhi and Agra
India | Dec 04, 2014, 09:11 AM IST
New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday said it is holding talks with a Netherlands-based agency to work out a technical report on developing the infrastructure on the Yamuna river to facilitate goods and passenger
Sailing to Agra on Yamuna to be reality soon: Nitin Gadkari
National | Dec 03, 2014, 06:00 PM IST
New Delhi: People will soon be able to go to Agra sailing on the Yamuna as the Centre has sought help from the Netherlands government for the ambitious project that includes building barrages and water-terminals

Parliament passes two bills on shipping industry, ship workers
National | Dec 03, 2014, 07:37 AM IST
New Delhi: Parliament Tuesday passed two bills to improve the working condition of ship workers and the shipping industry.The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Merchant Shipping (Second) Amendment, Bill 2013, which were passed
Swamy meets Shiv Sena leaders
National | Nov 29, 2014, 02:24 PM IST
Mumbai: A day after BJP formally commenced talks with estranged ally Shiv Sena on the its participation in the Devendra Fadvanis government, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today visited Sena president Uddhav Thackeray's residence.“I will
Modi, Koirala flag-off Kathmandu-Delhi bus service
World | Nov 25, 2014, 09:59 PM IST
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala today flagged off the first ever Kathmandu-Delhi bus service from here. Before the flagging off, both the Prime Ministers hopped into the bus called the

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate Delhi-Kathmandu bus service
India | Nov 24, 2014, 07:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate Delhi-Kathmandu bus service from Ambedkar Stadium Bus Terminal tomorrow. “The Minister will inaugurate the Delhi-Kathmandu bus service from Ambedkar Stadium Bus Terminal tomorrow and the one-way
Nitin Gadkari adopts Pachgaon village in Nagpur
National | Nov 24, 2014, 03:49 PM IST
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has adopted Pachgaon village of the district under the 'SansadAdarsh Gram Yojna'.Gadkari adopted Pachgaon village in Umrer taluka, about15 kms from Nagpur city, last evening where he was accorded a
Nitin Gadkari woos Congress over separate Vidarbha
National | Nov 23, 2014, 08:00 PM IST
Nagpur: Asserting that BJP was committed to carve out separate Vidarbha state from Maharashtra, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today sought Congress's support on the issue.“The BJP had promised that if voted to power in Maharashtra,

Government close to solution for Sethusamudram issue: Nitin Gadkari
National | Nov 22, 2014, 10:46 AM IST
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has hinted that government has almost firmed up a solution to implement the Sethusamudram shipping canal project without demolishing 'Ram Sethu'.While addressing a gathering at
Maharashtra government to launch Rs 4,000 cr satellite imaging project
India | Nov 14, 2014, 11:08 AM IST
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will soon launch a Rs 4,000 crore satellite imaging project to map all land in the state and prepare digital records of land holding. “We have decided to undertake an ambitious Rs
India extends support to Nepal for infrastructure development
India | Nov 11, 2014, 09:53 PM IST
Kathmandu: India today extended full support to Nepal to develop its transport system and infrastructure and suggested it to follow India's successful public-private partnership model in constructing roads and other development projects.“PPP model has always

Defamation plea: Nitin Gadkari, Digvijay Singh come face to face in court
National | Nov 10, 2014, 10:16 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Digvijay Singh on Monday traded charges in a Delhi court which was hearing a defamation complaint filed by the BJP leader against the veteran Congressman who stood by
CCTV cameras to be installed at most traffic signals: Gadkari
India | Nov 05, 2014, 03:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the government plans to install CCTV surveillance cameras at most of the traffic signals in the country to improve road
Gadkari assures steps to bring back five fishermen from Lanka
National | Nov 04, 2014, 07:14 PM IST
Rameswaram (TN): The families of five fishermen, who were awarded capital punishment by a Sri Lankan court last month on drug-trafficking charges, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and sought immediate steps by India to
'No question of demolishing RamarSethu while implementing SSCP'
National | Nov 04, 2014, 05:16 PM IST
Rameswaram (TN): Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there was no question of demolishing ‘Ramar Sethu' while implementing the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project and asserted it would be done without harming
Old shipping laws need to be changed: Gadkari
India | Nov 04, 2014, 11:40 AM IST
Chennai: After proposing to modify the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, the Centre is now planning to change rules for the Shipping Industry, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.“In Shipping we are very much backward.