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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

Won't resign from party, will carry on fight: Jethmalani
National | Nov 07, 2012, 04:17 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 7: BJP's Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani, who has demanded the resignation of Nitin Gadkari over “dubious” funding of his company, today said he will carry on his fight against the BJP
BJP reposes 'full faith' in Gadkari
National | Nov 06, 2012, 11:16 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 6: The BJP Tuesday came out in support of beleaguered party chief Nitin Gadkari, who faces allegations of financial impropriety in his business dealings, saying a probe had shown that he had
Gadkari must resign immediately, says Ram Jethmalani
National | Nov 06, 2012, 04:26 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 6: Stepping up further pressure, Ram Jethmalani today demanded the immediate resignation of BJP President Nitin Gadkari and claimed three other senior leaders including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha were with him

Gadkari denies equating Vivekananda, Dawood, 'I was only offering contrast'
National | Nov 05, 2012, 11:46 PM IST
Bhopal/New Delhi, Nov 5: Hoping to stave off another controversy, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari Monday denied he had compared the intelligence quotient (IQ) level of Swami Vivekananda to that of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim.Cornered by
Gadkari issue: No soft corner to anybody, says RSS
National | Nov 24, 2012, 11:40 AM IST
Chennai, Nov 2: Seeking to distance itself from the controversy over business dealings of BJP President Nitin Gadkari, RSS today said the law should take its own course and it does not have a soft
I am ready for probe, why not Vadra, asks Gadkari
National | Oct 31, 2012, 05:53 PM IST
Mumbai, Oct 31: Trashing accusations of money laundering and corruption against him, a combative BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today said he was ready to face a probe but asked why the Congress was reluctant to

Corruption charges against me Congress' conspiracy: Gadkari
National | Oct 30, 2012, 09:49 AM IST
Nagpur, Oct 30: BJP president Nitin Gadkari Monday termed the corruption charges levelled against him "a conspiracy by the Congress" and also blamed the media for acting as that party's "agents". Gadkari, who arrived here
Gadkari vows to teach a lesson to media houses 'defaming' him
National | Oct 29, 2012, 05:44 PM IST
Nagpur, Oct 29: Back home after securing endorsement from his party, a combative BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today threatened to file civil and criminal cases against media houses “defaming” him as part of a “conspiracy”
Sushma says, Gadkari is being framed by Congress
National | Oct 25, 2012, 08:28 PM IST
Sundernagar (HP), Oct 25: Refusing to be on the back foot over allegations against its president Nitin Gadkari, BJP today suggested that he was being framed as Congress was facing serious charges of corruption.Launching a

Gadkari faces more heat as IT dept launches probe
National | Oct 25, 2012, 07:26 PM IST
Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 25: BJP president Nitin Gadkari faced more heat today over allegations of dubious funding into his companies with Income Tax department too launching a probe to trace the source of funds after
Cong ridicules Advani's remarks backing Gadkari
National | Oct 24, 2012, 06:57 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 24: Congress today took at dig at L K Advani for backing his party chief Nitin Gadkari in the face of allegations of dubious funding of his companies, saying it reflected BJP's
BJP must clarify charges against Gadkari: Congress
National | Oct 24, 2012, 03:59 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 24: The Congress Wednesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to answer the charges of corruption hurled at its chief Nitin Gadkari instead of defending him."It a serious matter. The BJP should

Advani congratulates Gadkari for stand on allegations
National | Oct 24, 2012, 04:11 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 24: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, under fire for alleged wrongdoings in business dealings, Wednesday got backing from senior party leader L.K. Advani who congratulated him for "coming clean" in asking for a
Driver, peon, sabziwallah got Rs 60 lakhs loan each from Sancheti's firm to buy Adarsh flats
National | Oct 24, 2012, 09:16 AM IST
Mumbai, Oct 24:Sudhakar Madke, a driver, and Suresh Atram, a peon, working in firms set up by BJP MP Ajay Sancheti, said to be close to party chief Nitin Gadkari, bought a flat each worth
Digvijay writes to PM, seeks probe against Gadkari
National | Oct 23, 2012, 09:32 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 23: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a probe into allegations of dubious funding of companies run by BJP president Nitin Gadkari.In his communication, Digvijay

Anyone can probe Gadkari: BJP
National | Oct 23, 2012, 02:33 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 23: The BJP Tuesday said "any competent authority" can probe allegations of corruption against its president Nitin Gadkari."The party president has said any competent authority can probe the charges," Bharatiya Janata Party
Five companies registered in Andheri slum invested money in Purti group, Gadkari's driver, diwan are directors: report
National | Oct 23, 2012, 05:41 PM IST
Mumbai, Oct 23 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari was embroiled in more controversy on Tuesday, as the Times of India published names of investor companies registered from a single slum in Andheri investing money in
Digvijay questions off-shore funding of Kejriwal's NGO
National | Oct 20, 2012, 04:43 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 20: Stepping up his attack against Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh posed a number of questions to him raising doubts about off-shore funding of his NGO and asking why he
Gadkari was crying when he rang up Anjali, reveals Kejriwal
National | Oct 19, 2012, 03:55 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 19: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal today revealed that BJP president Nitin Gadkari was crying when he rang up Anjali Damania to request her not to target him on Wednesday. Speaking to mediapersons
Ignore Kejriwal, he will get tired and shut up: Mulayam
National | Oct 18, 2012, 05:44 PM IST
Lucknow, Oct 18: The best way to handle India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal is to ignore him till he gets tired of repeating his charges and becomes silent, said Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam