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Nitingadkari

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

DOB: 27/05/1957

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.

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Will become super economic power: Nitin Gadkari on PM Modi's package

News | May 13, 2020, 01:10 PM IST

The Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari spoke on economic package announced by PM Narendra Modi.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari exlains the steps being taken to contain the spread of COVID-19

News | May 02, 2020, 03:38 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari exlains the steps being taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, amid the movement of migrants

Govt in Maharashtra should be formed under the leadership of Fadnavis Ji: Gadkari

Politics | Nov 07, 2019, 01:24 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on government formation in Maharashtra: There will be a decision soon. Government in Maharashtra should be formed under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis Ji; RSS and Mohan Bhagwat Ji have no connection with this.

Maharashtra govt formation: Nitin Gadkari to resolve BJP-Sena power tussle

Politics | Nov 06, 2019, 11:51 AM IST

Amid the stand-off with the ally Shiv Sena over government formation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flew to Nagpur on Tuesday night and met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

It's a proposal to save lives of people, says Nitin Gadkari after State govts refuse to implement new MVA

Politics | Sep 12, 2019, 07:06 AM IST

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari on the new Motor Vehicles Act: We are implementing this to create fear & respect for the law. It is not a revenue making proposal but a proposal to save lives of the people.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tables Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill In Parliament

Special Report | Aug 01, 2019, 04:53 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tables Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill In Parliament

Nitin Gadkari takes charge of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Politics | Jun 04, 2019, 02:56 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari takes charge of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari hits at opposition for using abusing words for PM Modi

Elections | May 09, 2019, 04:26 PM IST

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari hits at opposition for using abusing words for PM Modi

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat (Election Special)

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 07, 2019, 11:00 AM IST

Watch Union Minister Nitin Gadkari question by IndiaTV Chairman Rajat Sharma in Aap Ki Adalat

Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat: I don't need certificates from Rahul Gandhi

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 06, 2019, 11:34 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat: I don't need certificates from Rahul Gandhi

Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat: I have no PM aspirations, Modi will win

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 06, 2019, 11:33 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat: I have no PM aspirations, Modi will win

Rajat Sharma to question Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat | 6th April, Nagpur

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 04, 2019, 06:28 PM IST

Rajat Sharma to question Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat | 6th April, Nagpur

Quick facts about Nitin Gadkari

News | Apr 02, 2019, 07:06 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari was born on 27 May 1957 into a Marathi family in Nagpur. He completed M.Com. and L.L.B. from University of Nagpur. He worked for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and the student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Nitin Gadkari's advice to politicians, promise what you can deliver

Politics | Jan 28, 2019, 06:24 PM IST

For BJP, OROP means One Rank, One Pension, for Congress it means Only Rahul Only Priyanka , says Amit Shah

Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for Akshardham-Eastern Peripheral Expressway project

News | Jan 27, 2019, 09:02 AM IST

Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for Akshardham-Eastern Peripheral Expressway project

Leadership should own up to 'defeat and failures' also: Union minister Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Dec 23, 2018, 11:49 AM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said "leadership" should own up to "defeat and failures" also, days after his party lost polls in three Hindi heartland states.

Nitin Gadkari rubbishes Rahul Gandhi's video tirade

News | Oct 10, 2018, 09:37 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari rubbishes Rahul Gandhi's video tirade

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Aap Ki Adalat (Full Episode)

Aap Ki Adalat | Sep 30, 2018, 12:30 PM IST

Watch Union Minister Nitin Gadkari question by IndiaTV Chairman Rajat Sharma in Aap Ki Adalat

Aap Ki Adalat: The language used by Rahul Gandhi will not harm BJP in any way, says Gadkari

Aap Ki Adalat | Sep 30, 2018, 10:27 AM IST

The Union minister further said such terms being used by Rahul Gandhi will harm the workings of the Congress party. Such language being used by Rahul Gandhi is not harming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in any way.

Aap Ki Adalat: Shifting to biofuels will help resolve country's fuel hike problems, says Gadkari

Aap Ki Adalat | Sep 30, 2018, 10:07 AM IST

Aap Ki Adalat: Shifting to biofuels will help resolve country's fuel hike problems, says Gadkari. Union Minister also proposed implementing 100 biodigesters in River Ganges.