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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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VIDEOS

How Nitin Gadkari Gives Sermon To His Officers?

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 03, 2023, 06:51 PM IST

How Nitin Gadkari Gives Sermon To His Officers?

Aap Ki Adalat: Is Nitin Gadkari a favourite of opposition parties? Listen to what he said

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 02, 2023, 06:50 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is the guest of the show this time. He answered Rajat Sharma's questions in this show of India TV.

Nitin Gadkari In Aap Ki Adalat: Nitin Gadkari answered all questions asked by Rajat Sharma

Aap Ki Adalat | Apr 01, 2023, 11:49 PM IST

Nitin Gadkari is holding the charge of the Ministry of Road Transport and National Highways in the Modi government. Gadkari belongs to the category of BJP leaders who have acceptance between both sides and the opposition.

NitinDoes Nitin Gadkari scold the officers?

Aaj Ki Baat | Apr 01, 2023, 12:06 AM IST

Does Nitin Gadkari scold the officers?

Aap Ki Adalat : Minister who receives praise from opposition parties?

Aap Ki Adalat | Mar 31, 2023, 04:39 PM IST

Aap Ki Adalat : Minister who receives praise from opposition parties?

Yogi Adityanath and Nitin Gadkari on Jaunpur tour today, to present new projects worth 1500 Crore

Elections | Dec 20, 2021, 10:20 AM IST

Ahead of the UP polls next year, BJP has amped up its campaigning in the state. Nitin Gadkari and CM Yogi Adityanath will be going to a tour to Jaunpur today.

Aaj Ki Baat: More border air strips coming, says Nitin Gadkari after successful landing of IAF fighters on Barmer highway

Aaj Ki Baat | Sep 09, 2021, 11:17 PM IST

US made rifles, carbines, night goggles, jackets, taser guns on sale in Pakistan markets after Taliban takeover. Taliban fighters swinging on ropes tied to engine fan blades of unusable US Super Tucano jet fighters. for more Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma on India TV.

Ground Report: Rajnath, Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip for IAF planes on national highway in Barmer

News | Sep 09, 2021, 06:00 PM IST

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 3-km section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A, as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.

Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh to inaugurate emergency landing facility for IAF in Barmer

News | Sep 09, 2021, 08:20 AM IST

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate an emergency landing facility constructed for the Indian Airforce in Rajasthan's Barmer on Thursday, September 9.

Nitin Gadkari chairs 9th Group of Infrastructure Committee meeting

News | Aug 24, 2021, 04:40 PM IST

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari chaired a meeting of the 9th Group of Infrastructure Committee on August 24. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also attended the meeting. The meeting considered several issues including pending infrastructure projects for resolution.

Mamata Banerjee meets Nitin Gadkari to push for road, infra projects in West Bengal

News | Jul 29, 2021, 03:48 PM IST

As the spectre of Nandigram and Singur protests continues to haunt West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee this time is pushing hard to bring the state on the global investors’ map by starting off with a focus on road and infrastructure projects for which she met Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday.

Road infrastructure plays critical role in growth of Indian economy: Gadkari

News | Jul 10, 2021, 02:31 PM IST

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on July 09 addressed the 16th annual conference on 'Road Development in India', via video conferencing.

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Oxygen Plant in Nagpur

News | Jul 04, 2021, 08:40 PM IST

In a shocking incident, an elderly woman's bag was snatched by miscreant outside her house in Delhi's CR Park.

Top 9 News: PM Narendra Modi holds meeting with Union ministers and BJP president JP Nadda

News | Jun 15, 2021, 10:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, along with BJP president JP Nadda. PM Modi holds meeting

Hope that prices of EVs and petrol, diesel vehicles will be equal within 2 years: Gadkari

News | Mar 19, 2021, 10:22 AM IST

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari reacted on high prices of electric vehicles. He said that presently the prices are higher but he hopes that the prices of petrol, diesel vehicles and electric vehicles will be equal within two years.

All physical toll booths will be removed in a year: Nitin Gadkari

News | Mar 19, 2021, 12:00 AM IST

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on March 18 said that all physical toll booths in the country will be removed within one year, and the road tax will be collected based on GPS imaging.

Nitin Gadkari launches India's first CNG tractor

News | Feb 13, 2021, 12:29 PM IST

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on February 12 launched India's first-ever diesel to CNG converted tractor.

Whatever happened at Red Fort was definitely a political conspiracy: Nitin Gadkari

News | Feb 02, 2021, 02:40 PM IST

Whatever happened in Delhi at Red Fort was definitely a political conspiracy. There are some anti-national elements that have infiltrated the farm protests. The farm protests have lost credibility after January 26 violence.

Nitin Gadkari blasts Congress for Air India crisis

News | Feb 02, 2021, 01:52 PM IST

Air India is now on the verge of being sold due to massive debts, this is due to Congress party's wrong policies. They have ruined the economy: Nitin Gadkari.

Budget Sammelan 2021 : Congress trying to confuse people over farm laws, says Nitin Gadkari

News | Feb 02, 2021, 12:53 PM IST

Congress is in opposition and it is every right to question government's policies, however, it should not play politics over issues concerning the common man and poor. The Farm Laws are not against the farmers, says Nitin Gadkari.

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