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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

Senior leader' wanted help to topple UPA-II, says Gadkari
National | Apr 13, 2013, 01:32 PM IST
Nagpur, April 13: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari Friday claimed that a "senior leader" of the UPA-II wanted his support to topple the Congress-led alliance government in New Delhi."The UPA leader who had
Senior leader approached me to topple UPA2 govt : Gadkari
National | Apr 12, 2013, 08:06 PM IST
Nagpur, Apr 12: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari has claimed that a "senior leader" had approached him to topple the Congress-led UPA-II government at the Centre.Though the "senior leader" got in touch with him during
Gadkari meets Raj Thackeray
National | Mar 13, 2013, 09:42 AM IST
Mumbai, Mar 13: Former BJP President Nitin Gadkari tonight met Raj Thackeray at the MNS chief's residence in Dadar area.It was a courtesy call by Gadkari, MNS sources said.The meeting comes in the backdrop of

AAP files complaint against Gadkari for remarks on I-T officials
National | Jan 30, 2013, 05:03 PM IST
Nagpur, Jan 30: Aam Aadmi Party has filed a complaint against former BJP president Nitin Gadkari for his remarks on I-T officials, police said today.A day after Rajnath Singh replaced him as BJP chief, “free
Conspiracy against me but never threatened IT officials, says Gadkari
National | Jan 28, 2013, 11:48 AM IST
New Delhi, Jan 28: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari denied he had threatened income tax authorities but insisted that the raids conducted on some companies allegedly associated with his Purti Group were a part of
Congress slams Gadkari threats to IT officials
National | Jan 26, 2013, 03:44 PM IST
Nagpur/Mumbai, Jan 25: Congress' Maharashtra unit has demanded a probe into the threats issued to Income Tax Officials by former BJP president Nitin Gadkari."The threats issued by Gadkari to the government servants doing their duty

Nitin Gadkari gives veiled threat to Income Tax officials
National | Jan 24, 2013, 11:19 PM IST
Nagpur, Jan 24: A day after becoming a “free man”, Nitin Gadkari today held out a threat to Income Tax authorities, probing dubious fundings in the Purti group with which he was associated, saying nobody
Rajnath Singh defends Gadkari
National | Jan 23, 2013, 07:13 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh Wednesday defended his predecessor Nitin Gadkari, saying the "baseless allegations" against him made him decide against opting for a second term."The circumstances in which
Inside story of how I-T raids led to Gadkari exiting from race for BJP chief
National | Jan 24, 2013, 03:04 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Everything was going hunky-dory for BJP president Nitin Gadkari till Tuesday morning, with the RSS standing firmly behind him, when news came about the Income-Tax survey of investor companies of Mumbai

I quit because of political conspiracy: Gadkari
National | Jan 23, 2013, 07:13 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Greeting Rajnath Singh on his appointment as the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party, his predecessor Nitin Gadkari alleged a "political conspiracy" was behind his decision to opt against a second
Know Rajnath Singh, the newly-elected BJP president
National | Jan 23, 2013, 02:49 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Rajnath Singh, who was elected President of BJP today, finds himself in the familiar role of leading the party at a time when the party is dogged by factional feud and
Gadkari helped expand party's support base: BJP
National | Jan 23, 2013, 07:12 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: The BJP parliamentary board Wednesday thanked the party's outgoing president Nitin Gandkari, saying he immensely helped in expanding the party's support base.The parliamentary board met at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters

Rajnath Singh elected BJP president, vows to bring back party to power
National | Jan 23, 2013, 06:52 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Pitchforked by circumstances, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh was today unanimously elected party president but he faces the immediate challenge of tackling internal feuds and repairing the damage caused by allegations
Rajnath Singh all set for another term as BJP chief
National | Jan 23, 2013, 01:18 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is all set for another stint in office after he filed his nomination here Wednesday morning.Rajnath Singh and incumbent Nitin Gadkari arrived at the
IT fails to locate companies associated with Gadkari's Purti group
National | Jan 23, 2013, 11:39 AM IST
Mumbai, Jan 23: The Income Tax Department Tuesday conducted on-field inquiries at 11 premises in Mumbai belonging to alleged shell companies related to Purti Group with which BJP chief Nitin Gadkari was associated and found

Gadkari episode is BJP's internal affair: Cong
National | Jan 23, 2013, 11:25 AM IST
New Delhi, Jan 23: Congress Tuesday night said Nitin Gadkari's opting out of the race for BJP President's post for a second time is the opposition party's internal affair.“We have nothing to say on this.
Nitin Gadkari opts out of BJP president race
National | Jan 22, 2013, 10:48 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 22: Outgoing BJP president Nitin Gadkari tonight said he was opting out of the race for president post as he did not want allegations against him should adversely affect the interests of
Nitin Gadkari resigns, Rajnath Singh to be new BJP president
National | Jan 23, 2013, 10:43 AM IST
New Delhi, Jan 22: After two days of hectic political lobbying by senior BJP leaders, the RSS finally relented on Tuesday marking the exit of Nitin Gadkari as BJP president.The BJP central parliamentary board will
Yashwant Sinha likely to contest against Gadkari for BJP chief post
National | Jan 22, 2013, 09:27 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 22 : High drama unfolded in the BJP today on the eve of election of a new party president with Yashwant Sinha procuring a nomination form and Mahesh Jethmalani complaining he is
Firms raided by I-T not ours, says Purti group
National | Jan 22, 2013, 09:05 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 22 : The Purti group today said that some of the companies about which the Income Tax department carried out on-field inquiries in Mumbai today are not part of its family but