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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

Ex-CM has habit of making false and defamatory statement: Gadkari
National | Feb 18, 2014, 07:55 PM IST
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal has the “habit” of making false charges without any basis, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today told a court here seeking initiation of criminal defamation proceedings against the AAP leader for allegedly
Gadkari files defamation case against Kejriwal
National | Feb 18, 2014, 04:28 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, who has resigned as Delhi chief minister, in a court here on Tuesday and said that Kejriwal has tarnished his image by
Kejriwal has lost his way, says Ramdev
National | Feb 01, 2014, 05:11 PM IST
Jammu: Hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for calling leaders corrupt “without any proof”, yoga guru Ramdev today said the Aam Aadmi Party leader who had set out to cleanse the system has

AAP slams Nitin Gadkari on 'secret deal' with Congress
National | Dec 29, 2013, 12:58 PM IST
Bhopal: Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas has criticized BJP leader Nitin Gadkari for alleging that a big industrialist had brought about a secret deal between AAP and Congress, to prevent the BJP from forming
Nitin Gadkari: Big industrialist brokered deal between AAP, Congress to stop BJP
National | Dec 28, 2013, 10:31 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today alleged a deal was brokered between Aam Aadmi Party and Congress by a reputed industrialist in a hotel to “stop BJP at any cost” from coming to power
Sinha disagrees with Gadkari's views on income tax abolition
National | Dec 18, 2013, 11:03 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today disagreed with his party's former president Nitin Gadkari's views on abolition of income and other taxes, saying it would amount to going back to Vedic days.“We will

No rift in Delhi BJP, says Gadkari
National | Oct 21, 2013, 05:46 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid reports of differences in Delhi BJP over chief ministerial candidate, party in-charge of Delhi polls Nitin Gadkari today accused media of showing “false news” and said there is no rift among leaders.
No rift in Delhi BJP, says Gadkari
India | Oct 21, 2013, 07:01 AM IST
New Delhi: Amid reports of differences in Delhi BJP over chief ministerial candidate, party in-charge of Delhi polls Nitin Gadkari yesterday accused media of showing "false news" and said there is no rift among leaders.During
Vijay Goel meets Modi, Rajnath; stakes claim for Delhi CM candidate
India | Oct 20, 2013, 09:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Upset over not being projected as BJP's chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi Assembly polls, Vijay Goel today staked his claim for the position before the party's top leadership and indicated his opposition

What is the cost of diamond necklace that Gadkari gifted to Modi, asks NCP
National | Sep 20, 2013, 05:20 PM IST
Mumbai: NCP on Thursday sought to know the cost of the diamond necklace which former BJP president Nitin Gadkari recently presented to his party's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. "When Modi was anointed BJP's PM
Modi to address BJP rally in Delhi on Sep 29
India | Sep 08, 2013, 07:56 AM IST
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders will address the party's rally here on September 29.Announcing this at the Delhi BJP's meeting here, state unit president Vijay Goel said, "It
Congress trying to confuse voters by calling BJP communal: Gadkari
National | Sep 07, 2013, 05:06 PM IST
New Delhi: Charging the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre with failure to improve the economy and provide good governance, BJP today said since the ruling party could not convince voters, it was trying to

Gadkari asks Delhi BJP councillors to reach out to people
National | Aug 08, 2013, 07:13 AM IST
New Delhi, Aug 8: BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, who is the poll in-charge of Delhi, Wednesday met the party councillors and asked them to reach out to maximum number of people ahead of assembly elections
Sticking to fake Batla claims will hit police morale: Gadkari
National | Aug 02, 2013, 02:35 PM IST
Bhopal, Aug 2: Hitting out at Congress leaders for dubbing the 2008 Batla House encounter as fake despite the Delhi court verdict, former BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said that such remarks will dent the
Nitin Gadkari meets Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar
National | Jul 22, 2013, 01:05 PM IST
Ahmedabad, Jul 22: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who was recently named one of the members of the party's Election Campaign Committee for 2014 polls on Sunday called upon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at

Gadkari to steer BJP campaign in Delhi
National | Jul 20, 2013, 12:24 PM IST
New Delhi, July 20: The BJP Friday announced that former party president Nitin Gadkari had been given the task of improving party's prospects for the forthcoming assembly polls in Delhi."BJP president Rajnath Singh has appointed
Gadkari meets RSS chief
National | Jul 17, 2013, 07:08 PM IST
Nagpur, Jul 17: Former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari today met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the Sangh headquarters here.However, what transpired during the meeting, which lasted for over an hour, is not known. Riding
Nitish dreaming of becoming PM: Gadkari
National | Jun 22, 2013, 06:47 PM IST
Ranchi, June 22: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems to be dreaming of becoming the prime minister and indulging in vote bank politics."It seems that Nitish Kumar
Advani has been disillusioned with BJP since last one year
National | Jun 10, 2013, 04:13 PM IST
New Delhi, Jun 10: BJP's seniormost leader Lal Krishna Advani has been disillusioned with the party since the last one year, when the then party president Nitin Gadkari was literally forced to quit and was
Gadkari denies he assured Nitish PM choice won't be Modi
National | Apr 18, 2013, 04:45 PM IST
New Delhi, April 18: Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari Thursday denied he assured the Janata Dal United that Narendra Modi will not be projected as the party's prime ministerial candidate.The clarification came after