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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

PM to decide on CBI probe demand into Munde's death: Gadkari
India | Jun 05, 2014, 05:36 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid demands for a CBI probe into the death of former Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde following a road accident, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide the
Gadkari given additional charge of portfolios held by Munde
National | Jun 04, 2014, 09:06 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was today given the additional charge of portfolios held by Gopinath Munde who died in a road accident here.A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by
Arvind Kejriwal and 2 others granted bail in defamation complaint
National | Jun 04, 2014, 04:14 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and two other AAP leaders were today granted bail by a Delhi court in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by an advocate after they furnished

Doughty fighter, Munde had CM ambitions
National | Jun 03, 2014, 08:05 PM IST
New Delhi: A doughty fighter, Union Minister Gopinath Munde's heart was always in Maharashtra and was seeing himself as the next Chief Minister after the Assembly polls due later this year.While 64-year-old Munde himself did
Munde's death: Second mid-summer tragedy for BJP
National | Jun 04, 2014, 11:32 AM IST
Mumbai/New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development Gopinath Munde was killed early Tuesday in a road accident in the national capital when he was on way to the airport to catch a flight to Mumbai.He
Rajnath, Gadkari meet Modi
National | May 31, 2014, 10:03 PM IST
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed with him certain organisational matters in view of the proposed changes in the

AAP workers clash with cops outside Tihar jail
India | May 21, 2014, 10:23 PM IST
New Delhi: The situation outside Tihar jail, where AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal was lodged today, turned chaotic after his party workers clashed with police there in the evening.Several AAP workers, including senior party leader Yogendra
Arvind Kejriwal sent to 2 days judicial custody in Tihar Jail
India | May 21, 2014, 06:06 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today refused to furnish a bail bond in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari before a court here which
Lok Sabha gets 29 new entrants from Maharashtra
India | May 17, 2014, 06:06 PM IST
Mumbai: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Gadkari, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam, former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil are a few of the 29 new entrants to the 16th Lok Sabha

BJP goes into huddle ahead of counting of votes
National | May 14, 2014, 02:52 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP top brass today went into a huddle to discuss the possibility of the party forming the government at the Centre and changes in the organisation ahead of counting of votes on May
Rajnath will continue to steer the party: Gadkari
National | May 14, 2014, 02:27 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid reports that he is lobbying for a comeback as BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari today said there would be no change in the party's leadership.Gadkari, who was removed as party chief after he
Party will decide on Advani's role at right time: Gadkari
National | May 14, 2014, 01:24 PM IST
New Delhi: An "appropriate decision at an appropriate time" will be taken by the BJP on the role of party veteran L.K. Advani, former party chief Nitin Gadkari said Wednesday.Gadkari, along with party president Rajnath

3 senior BJP leaders to meet Modi today
National | May 14, 2014, 12:13 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari are arriving here today to meet the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar to discuss the situation that will arise out of
Gadkari faces no pending probe, says IT department
National | May 12, 2014, 04:19 PM IST
Nagpur: The Income Tax department here in Maharashtra has said there was no inquiry or investigation pending against former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.The department's reply came in response to a Right to Information query by
No inquiry pending against Gadkari: IT department
May 12, 2014, 12:57 PM IST
Nagpur: The Income Tax department has said that there is no inquiry or investigation presently pending with it against former BJP President Nitin Gadkari.The Directorate of Income Tax (investigation), Nagpur gave this information in response

Tewari apologises to Gadkari, defamation case withdrawn
National | Apr 30, 2014, 06:58 PM IST
Mumbai: Congress leader Manish Tewari has tendered an unconditional apology to Nitin Gadkari in connection with his charge against him in the Adarsh Housing scam following which BJP leader withdrew a defamation case against him.“Tewari
Mamata should agree to CBI probe in Saradha scam: Gadkari
National | Apr 27, 2014, 11:22 AM IST
Kolkata: Keeping open the possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should agree to a CBI probe into the Saradha
Mamata should agree to CBI probe in Saradha scam: Nitin Gadkari
India | Apr 27, 2014, 07:29 AM IST
Kolkata: Keeping open the possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should agree to a CBI probe into the
Casteism is in the DNA of Bihar: Gadkari
India | Apr 19, 2014, 04:55 PM IST
Patna: “Casteism is in the DNA of Bihar that is why more talk of casteism take place in the state,” senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said today.He made the comment when asked why BJP leaders
Gadkari rubbishes purported tweet by him on Kiran Bedi
National | Apr 16, 2014, 03:44 PM IST
New Delhi: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari today trashed media reports, which quoted a purported tweet by him to claim that Kiran Bedi will be party's chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi assembly polls. “The