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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's alleged shell companies subjected to on-field inquiries by IT dept
National | Jan 22, 2013, 07:16 PM IST
Mumbai, Jan 22: Income Tax department today launched on-field inquiries at around nine locations in Mumbai belonging to alleged shell companies related to Nitin Gadkari's Purti group, a day before he seeks a second straight
Gadkari greeted with black flags in Lucknow
National | Jan 21, 2013, 06:58 PM IST
Lucknow, Jan 21: National BJP leaders, including party chief Nitin Gadkari, Monday faced protests from anti-reservation activists here who were carrying black flags and raised anti-BJP slogans.The leaders were here to attend the 'Atal Shankhnaad'
BJP to elect party chief Jan 23, Gadkari likely to stay on
National | Jan 21, 2013, 06:54 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday issued a notification for the party president's elections amid likelihood of incumbent Nitin Gadkari getting another term as no other contender has emerged for the

Bal Thackeray was not a dictator, says Gadkari
National | Jan 19, 2013, 02:45 PM IST
Mumbai, Jan 19: Describing late Bal Thackeray as an “open-hearted” person, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said here that the Sena patriarch was not a “dictator” and always took decisions, which he felt were “reasonable”.“Balasaheb was
Kejriwal takes potshots at BJP over second term to Gadkari
National | Jan 17, 2013, 01:36 PM IST
Bhopal, Jan 17: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday expressed “surprise” over the likely appointment of Nitin Gadkari as the BJP president for the second time, and claimed the saffron party has now lost
Narayan Rane's breakfast meeting with Gadkari raises eyebrows
National | Jan 16, 2013, 12:33 PM IST
Nagpur, Jan 16: Senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Minister Narayan Rane had a breakfast meeting with Nitin Gadkari Tuesday at the residence of the BJP national president here raising eyebrows in political circles.Rane, who arrived

Income Tax dept summons BJP president Nitin Gadkari
National | Jan 12, 2013, 11:34 PM IST
Nagpur, Jan 12: The Income Tax department has issued summons for appearance to BJP President Nitin Gadkari in connection with its investigation against him and some associated companies for alleged tax evasion. Top sources in
Gadkari front-runner in BJP presidential race
National | Jan 04, 2013, 01:30 PM IST
New Delhi, Jan 4: BJP president Nitin Gadkari appears to be frontrunner for a second term in office as the party weighs its options for the crucial decision which is likely to be taken by
Digvijay Singh gets bail in defamation case filed by Gadkari
National | Dec 21, 2012, 11:25 AM IST
New Delhi, Dec 21: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh was today granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP President Nitin Gadkari.Singh appeared before Metropolitan

I will not resign: Gadkari
National | Dec 08, 2012, 10:31 AM IST
New Delhi, Dec 7: Amid demands from some party leaders that he should step down in the wake of allegations of dubious fundings of his companies, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said he is an
UPA government in ICU: Nitin Gadkari
National | Nov 24, 2012, 03:08 PM IST
Agartala, Nov 22: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the UPA government at the Centre is in "intensive care unit" and claimed that his party would form government in the next elections."The UPA government
BJP disapproves of Yashwant Sinha's remarks on Gadkari
National | Nov 20, 2012, 08:38 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 20: The BJP disapproved of the remarks made by party leader Yashwant Sinha Tuesday seeking the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari, saying he should reconsider his comments.Coming out of a meeting

Nitin Gadkari must quit: Yashwant Sinha
National | Nov 20, 2012, 07:56 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 20: The campaign for the resignation of beleagured BJP president Nitin Gadkari today got fresh ammunition with senior leader Yashwant Sinha demanding that he steps down immediately."Whether our party president is guilty
BJP backs Gadkari on Purti investments
National | Nov 14, 2012, 07:17 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 14: The BJP Wednesday strongly backed its president Nitin Gadkari, saying there was "nothing wrong" with the investment pattern in the Purti group of companies he had floated.The support to the beleaguered
No moral or legal wrongdoing by Gadkari: Gurumurthy
National | Nov 14, 2012, 06:58 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 14: Financial analyst S. Gurumurthy, who is considered close to the RSS, has reaffirmed that he found no wrongdoing by BJP president Nitin Gadkari in documents related to a company linked to

No clean chit to Gadkari: Gurumurthy
National | Nov 13, 2012, 07:57 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 13: The BJP's internal-rift over party chief Nitin Gadkari's business dealings continued Tuesday with RSS ideologue S. Gurumurthy's varying versions on giving him a clean chit and the party avoiding the issue.The
Nitin Gadkari faces fresh pressure to quit
National | Nov 11, 2012, 08:40 AM IST
New Delhi, Nov 10 : BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday faced a fresh attack with party national executive member Jagadish Shettigar, demanding that he should step down from the top post in the wake
Gadkari can continue if inquiry relieves him: Jethmalani
National | Nov 09, 2012, 11:40 AM IST
New Delhi, Nov 8: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani, who has been demanding Nitin Gadkari's resignation as party president over allegations of dubious funds by his company Purti Sugar and Power, on Thursday said
Digvijaya ridicules BJP for giving clean chit to Gadkari
National | Nov 08, 2012, 06:59 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 8: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today ridiculed BJP for giving a clean chit to its president Nitin Gadkari after an internal examination of his business accounts by RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy wondering
Nitin Gadkari congratulates Advani on his 85th birthday
National | Nov 08, 2012, 11:41 AM IST
New Delhi, Nov 8: Nitin Gadkari today met L K Advani, who is apparently unhappy over the BJP President's continuance in his post, to wish him on his birthday.Gadkari met Advani at his residence. The