Name: Nitin Gadkari
Date of Birth: 27th May 1956
Age: 58
Place of birth: Nagpur, India
Incumbent: Minister of Transport
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Kanchan Gadhkari
Career chart: Worked as PWD Minister from 1995-1999
Supported Privatization- campaigned for investment in the infrastructure areas from private firms
Ex Minister, Govt of Maharashtra
- Chairman, Purti Group Of Companies
- Former Minister for Public Works Department, Maharashtra State
- Elected to the Maharashtra govt. Legislative Council in 1989 from graduates constituency, Nagpur Region.
- Re-Elected in the year 1990.
- Re-Elected in the year 1996 and elected unopposed in 2002.
- Inducted in the Maharashtra State Government Cabinet as the Minister for Public Works on 27 May 1995.
- Ex-Member of the High Power Committee for Privatisation, Government of Maharashtra.
- Ex-Chairman, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, India.
- Ex-Guardian Minister for Nagpur District, Govt. of Maharashtra.
- Ex-Chairman, Mining policy Implementation Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra.
- Ex-Chairman, Metropolis Beautification Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra.
- Ex-Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council, Chairman National Rural Road Development Committee.
- Chairman, Review Committee of CPWD, Govt. of India.
- State President of BJP, Maharashtra.
- National President of BJP, India
Criminal Cases/allegations:
1) On 19 May 2009, 7 year old Yogita Thakre was found dead inside a car owned by Gadkari outside his residence in Nagpur Maharashtra. Not enough evidence has been found in the case and further investigations are still on.
2) Allegations of Bribe (Irrigation Scam)
3) Nitin Gadkari floated the Purti Power and Sugar Ltd (now Purti Group) in 1995. The companies came into the media glare based on irregularities in 2012. The Income Tax department investigated a number of firms that had invested in Purti, and found more than a dozen of these to be bogus addresses. Eventually, in May 2013, the Income Tax department assessed that Gadkari’s firms had evaded Rs. 7 crores via such benami investments and other practices.
BY Harshali Amin
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