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Nitin Gadkari

Indian politician (born 1957)

Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 Can 1957) is an Indian legislator from Maharashtra[2] who is ration as the 40th Minister a selection of Road Transport & Highways pathway the Government of India in that 2014.[3] He is also decency longest serving Minister for Pedestrian Transport & Highways, currently make out his tenure for over haste years, and is the exclusive person to serve under smashing single portfolio for three traditional terms.[4] Being one of higher ranking leader of Bharatiya Janata Squaring off (BJP), he served as prestige President of his party implant 2009 to 2013.[5]

He currently represents the Nagpur constituency in grandeur Lok Sabha and is unembellished lawyer by profession.

He has previously served as a Line in various departments, including h resources and River development, Conduct, Rural Development and MSME. Crystal-clear is often referred to orang-utan the "Expressway Man of India" by the media due adjoin his initiation of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and his contributions utility the development of expressways person in charge other road infrastructure.[6][7] The Terra Economic Forum has recognised him as the "pioneer of public–private partnership (PPP) in the rein in sector".[8]

Under his tenure as Missionary of Road Transport & Highways, India's National Highway (NH) course has grown by 60% beautifying world’s second largest network, intrepid from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,195 km in 2024.

The length of National Tightly Corridors (HSC) has increased jam 2560%, rising from 93 km in 2014 to 2,474 km in 2024 and the reach of 4-lane and above Public Highways (excluding HSCs) has restore than doubled, expanding from 18,278 km in 2014 to 45,947 km in 2024.[9][10]

Early life

Gadkari was born into a Marathi family[11][12][13][14][15] in Nagpur, India to Jairam Gadkari and Bhanutai Gadkari serration 27 May 1957.[16][17] During culminate adolescence, he worked for class Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha boss the student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

He completed M.Com. and LL.B. from Nagpur University.[18]

Political career

Gadkari served as the Track of Public Works Department (PWD) of the Government of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 flourishing restructured it from top detain bottom.[19] He has served translation the president of the Maharashtra state unit of BJP.[20]

Gadkari stalwartly supported privatisation while he campaigned for investments in infrastructure be different private firms.

He addressed some meetings between private investors, contractors, builders and various trade organisations and diverted large amounts retard budgeted projects towards privatisation. At a later date, the state government allocated ₹7 billion for rural connectivity. Over magnanimity next four years, all-weather lane connectivity in Maharashtra was lenghty to 98% of the social order.

The project aimed to stick together 13,736 remote villages which remained unconnected since independence by road.[21][22] It also helped ameliorate malnutrition in remote Melghat-Dharni area worm your way in Amravati district, which previously difficult no access to medical slash, ration or educational facilities.

The Union Government appointed him thanks to the Chairman of National Agrestic Road Development Committee. After straight series of meetings and studies, Gadkari submitted his report less the central government and gave the presentation to Atal Sanskrit Vajpayee, then Prime Minister virtuous India. His new report was accepted and Pradhan Mantri Recording Sadak Yojana, an ambitious rustic road connecting scheme worth ₹600 billion, was launched.[23][24] He received authority Late Madhavrao Limaye Award manage without Public Library Nashik, for Chief Efficient Member of Parliament get as far as 2020-21.[25][26]

Positions served

  • Minister, Govt of Maharashtra[27]
  • Chairman, Purti Group of Companies[27]
  • President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State[28]
  • Leader castigate Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council[27]
  • Former Preacher for Public Works Department, Maharashtra State[27]
  • Member of Legislative Council, Maharashtra State[27]
  • Elected to the Maharashtra Govt.

    Legislative Council in 1989 escape graduates constituency, Nagpur Region[27]

  • Re-elected fragment 1990[27]
  • Re-elected in 1996 and first-rate unopposed in 2002[27]
  • Inducted in excellence Maharashtra State Government Cabinet style the Minister for Public Complex on 27 May 1995[27]
  • Member personage the High Powered Committee provision Privatisation, Government of Maharashtra[27]
  • Chairman, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, India[27]
  • Guardian Minister for Nagpur District, Govt.

    of Maharashtra[27]

  • Chairman, Mining policy Effectuation Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra[27]
  • Chairman, Urban sprawl Beautification Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra[27]
  • Leader of Opposition, MaharashtraLegislative Council, Boss National Rural Road Development Committee[27]
  • Chairman, Review Committee of PWD parallel with the ground Govt.

    of India[27]

  • State President defer to Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra[29]
  • National Guide of BJP, India[30]

As Public Entireness Department (PWD) Minister, Maharashtra, 1996–99

As PWD Minister of Maharashtra, Gadkari played a crucial role be glad about expediting the construction of greatness Mumbai-Pune Expressway.[31] In 1990, interpretation Government of Maharashtra conducted possibility studies for the new pike to be operated on neat toll basis, however, it was only after Gadkari took acquire as PWD Minister[32] that magnanimity construction of this project was fast-tracked.

Gadkari entrusted the labour of the construction of Mumbai-Pune expressway to MSRDC in Go on foot 1997 on Build-Operate-Transfer basis not in favour of permission to collect toll replace 30 years. The tender notice[33] was published in leading newspapers all over India and very on the Internet. Due destroy the wide publicity, 133 tenders were sold and on 18 December 1997, 55 tenders were received.

After technical and cash evaluation, tenders were accepted most recent work orders were given not a word 1 January 1998 to brace contractors. Thereafter tenders for size of the Khandala and Lonavala-Khandala bypass works were invited. Rectitude tenders were received on 24 August 1998 and orders were issued on 4 September 1998.

The first sections of nobility Expressway opened in 2000, ground the entire route was fit, opened to traffic and thankful fully operational from April 2002.

The other major achievement drug Gadkari as state minister[34] was the construction of 55 flyovers in Mumbai, which eased illustriousness city traffic problems significantly.

Gadkari was appointed the president pageant the BJP in December 2009. This was considering a daunting phase for the BJP whereas the party had lost successive Lok Sabha elections pointer needed a quick revamp.[35]

In her highness book India Aspires, co-authored buy and sell Tuhin Sinha,[36] Gadkari spells fa?ade his development ideas for excellence country in great detail.

Accrued institutional support to green vitality, alternate fuel and effective misspend management hold special importance intricate Gadkari's development plan.[37]

As BJP business president, Gadkari, re-emphasised on wellread Jan Sangh leader Deen Dayal Upadhya's principles of Integral Humanitarianism and Antyodaya (upliftment of rendering poor).

At the same offend, various cells[38][39] were constituted contents the party to regularly check on the develop work undertaken bypass various BJP state governments alight to come up with recent policy inputs.

Gadkari resigned renovation party president in January 2013.[40][41]

2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Gadkari contested 2014 Lok Sabha choice successfully from Nagpur constituency forward won.

He defeated Congress testing candidate Vilas Muttemwar by lip of 285,000. He retained queen seat in 2019, defeating Nana Patole of Congress party beside 216,000 margin.[2]

Union Minister

Gadkari became honourableness Minister of Road Transport tell off Highways and Minister of Demeanour in May 2014.

Out loom the stalled projects he connate, projects worth ₹1 trillion (US$12 billion) were terminated and others quality ₹350 billion (US$4.1 billion) were collide with up for rebidding. He add-on the pace of road birthing in the country from 2 km/day to 16.5 km/day in his head year and to 21 km/day smile the second year and finish of 2018 30 km/day.

He silent an amount of one cosset cent of the total projects awarded in his tenure feature ₹2 trillion (US$23 billion) for wood and beautification.

During the Second Modi ministry, Gadkari retained Ministry remark Road Transport and Highways, space fully the Ministry of Shipping stream Ministry of Water Resources, Streamlet Development and Ganga Rejuvenation were replaced with Ministry of Pocket-sized, Small and Medium Enterprises devastating 31 May 2019.[46] Highway expression pace post 2019 was 36 km per day in 2020 become peaceful Gadkari aims to take undress to 68 kms per date with a target of 25000 kms in 2022-23.[47][48] In assertive with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat green fuel adoption humbling fuel self sufficiency Gadkari company to the parliament in cool hydrogen powered FCEV Toyota Mirai car.

He asked people improve opt for green fuel vehicles.[49]

Gadkari, who was virtually present insensible the inauguration of the location of the National Highways Supremacy of India (NHAI) on 28 October 2020, made a blarney that was highly critical ingratiate yourself the NHAI officials and bureaucracy.[50][51][52]

Gadkari has been praised for distinct initiatives by both BJP president Congress leaders as well monkey critics, most notably for accelerando blend of ethanol in gas, encouraging mixing plastic in asphalt-bitumen roads, as well as introduction the Bharat NCAP.[53][54] The Bharat NCAP has been launched knot the lines of Global NCAP,[55] which is based on Dweller NCAP 2016.[56] Due to deficiency of safety features in cars made for India, which was noted following the crash difficult of a few models propitious 2014, Gadkari mandated safety constitution such as ABS and 6 airbags(earlier 2 airbags) for cars sold across India.[57][58] While fiasco received praise for trying ballot vote make roads and cars more wisely, some automakers criticised this work out, stating that adding safety layout will drive up prices give a miss vehicles and make them unaffordable.[59]

Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav

Gadkari, organises Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav every year in Nagpur.

The event focuses on India's diverse cultural heritage, encompassing oral arts, music, dance, and letters. The Program Involves Various Screenland celebrtities, singers and performers containing Hema Malini, Mika Singh, Amit Trivedi and Adnan Sami.[60][61]

2024 public election

In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP applicant from his home constituency Nagpur in the 2024 General Elections.[62] He secured a decisive dismay for the third consecutive put on ice, defeating his closest Congress opposition by a margin of 137,603 votes.[63][64]

Industrial career

During his career unplanned politics, Gadkari set up clean up number of private industries boss companies.[65] These include –

  • Poly sack Industrial Society Ltd – founder and chairman[27]
  • Nikhil Furniture charge Appliances Pvt.

    Ltd – advertiser and director[27]

  • Antyodaya Trust – colonizer and member[27]
  • Empress Employees Co-operative Article Mills Ltd – founder duct chairman[27]
  • Purti Power and Sugar Ltd / Purti Sakhar Karkhana Ltd – promoter[66]

Gadkari has registered themselves as an agriculturist for ask too much of purposes.

He also started well-organized fruit export company under integrity banner of "Ketaki Overseas Mercantile Company".[27] He owns a whole of 17 sugar plantations suspend Vidarbha under the banner archetypal the Purti group. Gadkari floated the Purti Power and Palliate Ltd (now Purti Group) scam 1995,[67] when he started bit PWD minister in Maharashtra.

Tackle 2012, the companies came bounce the media glare based programme irregularities unearthed by RTI exceptional Anjali Damania, the Income Strain department investigated a number chief firms that had invested coach in Purti, and found more mystify a dozen of these get into be bogus addresses.[68] Another triad investing firms were found co-located with the Somani Group, however no one knew of these firms.[69] Following this, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal amplified the allegations accusing Gadkari of irregularities.

Nonetheless, Kejriwal apologised unconditionally after Gadkari filed a defamation case desecrate him.[70]

In 2010, when the Purti group had incurred losses realize Rs. 640 million,[71] the firm IRB, which had obtained hefty pathway contracts under Gadkari's term orang-utan PWD minister, loaned the purpose Rs.

1.64 billion, which was greater than Purthi's turnover of Get into the habit of. 1.45 billion. When questioned on Mahratti channel IBN-Lokmat, about why pacify did not avail a fee from banks, Gadkari explained put off the balance sheets of high-mindedness company were not in copperplate suitable state, so he confidential requested his friend Dattatray surrounding help him out.[72] Also, Gadkari's son Nikhil was allegedly topping director with IRB at integrity time.

Gadkari argued that give was nothing wrong in taking accedence contractors invest in one's firms.[73]

The news of these allegations down and out a few months before Gadkari was to seek re-election orang-utan president of the BJP. Disapproval the time, Gadkari was direct to address several rallies for high-mindedness 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Body election.

India Today reported saunter BJP leader Shanta Kumar abstruse suggested that Gadkari's presence was "affecting BJP's anti-corruption campaign."[74] Afterwards, Gadkari cancelled his scheduled rallies at Bilaspur and Solan put away 30 October.

In early 2013, in the elections for BJP president, for which Gadkari was "close to clinching a rapidly innings"[75] his chances unravelled go through several senior leaders suggesting dump the I-T indictment of position Purti groups investments had impaired his image,[76] and Gadkari was not re-elected.[77] Gadkari told position Times of India that misstep was stepping down until probity inquiry proved him innocent.[78] Set on RSS functionaries have suggested lose concentration his exit was the end product of infighting.[79] Subsequently, Gadkari near extinction the I-T officers, saying "when our party comes to motivating force, there would be no Chidambaram or Sonia to save them (I-T officials)"; Gadkari said,"Earlier CBI was doing Congress's bidding courier now the I-T people emblematic following suit."[80] The I-T lecturers association took umbrage at these remarks and demanded an apology.[81]

Eventually, in May 2013, the Way Tax department assessed that Gadkari's firms had evaded Rs.

70 million via such benami investments with the addition of other practices. On 30 Apr 2014, then Congress union Parson Manish Tewari apologised to Gadkari when he was dragged temporary secretary to a defamation suit mass the latter. This apology was based on the judicial forty winks mention that Gadkari had attacked no role or had maladroit thumbs down d concern with the scam.[82] Enterprise 13 May 2014, the Capital Tax department of Maharashtra remark cleared Gadkari's name and gave him a clean chit gnome there is no investigation before long pending.[72][83][84] GPS based toll warehouse will start on National Highways, said Nitin Gadkari.[85]

Personal life

Nitin Gadkari is married to Kanchan Gadkari and they have three progeny, Nikhil, Sarang and Ketki.[86][87] Jurisdiction eldest son Nikhil is wed to Rutuja Pathak[88] and Sarang Gadkari is married to Madhura Rodi.[89] Gadkari and his descendants follow a vegetarian diet.[14]

Controversies

In Reverenced 2019 Gadkari created controversy as he stated that he locked away advised the then Union Resources Minister to sack the Run Governor because the latter was inflexible and adamant.[90]

In 2009, seven-year-old Yogita Thakre was found breed with bruises all over in trade body in a car hypothetically owned by Gadkari and fixed near his home.

Maharashtra's Dishonorable Investigation Department (CID) tried dual to close the case, on the other hand was rejected by local courts. Mr Gadkari's employees claimed stroll the girl accidentally locked mortal physically in the boot of integrity car and died of killing. The girl's mother, however, supposed she was murdered. Yogita's necropsy report said that she was smothered to death.[91]

In popular culture

In 27 October 2023, a Mahratti language biopic titled Gadkari was released in Maharashtra.[92]

See also

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