Know about Nitin Gadkari - New National President of BJP

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Know about Nitin Gadkari - New National President of BJP


Brief biography of Nitin Gadkari - National President of BJP

Know about Nitin Gadkari - New National President of BJP

Nitin Gadkari takes charge from the Rajnath Singh, and becomes a new National President of BJP. Nitin Gadkari was elected unanimously as the President of BJP by its members.

The induction ceremony was held on 19th December, 2009 and he is expected to resume work from 25th December, 2009.

1. Name - Nitin Gadkari

2. Born May 27, 1957 (age 52), Nagpur India


3. Political party Bharatiya Janata Party 

4. Spouse(s) Kanchan Gadkari 

5. Children Nikhil, Sarang and Ketki 

6. Alma mater Nagpur University 

7. Occupation Lawyer, Industrialist

8. He belongs to Middle class family.

9. Nitin Gadkari did his M.Com., L.L.B., and D.B.M. from Maharashtra, India.

10. Nitin Gadkari was elected unanimously as the President of BJP by its members. The induction ceremony was held on 19th December, 2009 and he is expected to resume work from 25th December, 2009.

11. He joined the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1976

12. In 1979 he became the Secretary of Vidharbha region.

13. At the age of 24, he was elected as the Nagpur City President of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).

14. In 1985 he became secretary of BJP Nagpur City

15. At the age of 35, he became the General Secretary of BJP in Maharashtra.

16. In 2004, Mr. Gadkari at the age of 47, became the President of BJP Maharashtra State.

17. Nitin Gadkari served as the Minister of Public Works Department of Govt. of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999

18. Nitin Gadkari established Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, a fully Govt. owned company which undertook construction of 55 flyovers in Mumbai alone costing 1500 crores

19. Mumbai-Pune Expressway was another projected constructed by MSRDC during his tenure.

20. He played a key role in shaping the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana.

21. He organized the great plantation drive in Nagpur which planted 40 lakh trees in 2 years. He aimed to make Nagpur the Greenest City in India.

22. He has visited countries like Israel, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Brazil and Srilanka as part of the Indian Delegation for MSSIDC, MSRDC, Govt. of Maharashtra and Govt. of India.

23. Nitin Gadkari controls following companies as an industrialist.

24. Poly sack Industrial Society Ltd - Founder and Chairman.

25. Nikhil Furniture and Appliances Pvt. Ltd - Promoter and Director.

26. Antyodaya Trust - Founder and Member.

27. Empress Employees Co-operative Paper Mills Ltd - Founder and Chairman.

28. Recently, Nitin Gadkari started exporting fruits to various countries under the banner Ketaki overseas Trading Company. To sum up Gadkari has business stakes in a bio-diesel pump, a sugar factory, an ethanol blending plant, a power generation unit, and a soybean plant.

29. Adoption of 500 orphans of farmers who committed suicides due to agrarian crises in the region.

30. Support for over 2000 BPL families for heart operations

31. Yogita Thakre was found dead in a car belonging to Nitin Gadkari. The case is going now . 

32. Positions Held in Public Sphere in Organization : by Nitin Gadkari

• 1976-77 :Active member of ABVP and active participation in ABVP's anti-Emergency work 

• 1977 :Coordinator for Purogami Lokashahi Aghdadi's Vidarbha region after Emergency was lifted.

• 1979 :Elected as Vidarbha region secretary of ABVP 

• 1980 :Re-elected as Vidarbha region secretary of ABVP 

• 1981 :Nagpur city unit President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha 

• 1985-86 :Nagpur city unit Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party 

• 1988-89 :General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party's Nagpur city unit 

• 1989 :Elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur graduate constituency.

• 1992-94 :General Secretary of the state unit of BJP 

• 2004 :President of the BJP Maharashtra State unit 

• 1995-99 :Government Cabinet Minister for Public Works Department of Maharashtra State. 

• 1999-2004 :Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislature Council. 

• 1995-99 :Member of the High Power Committee for Privatization, Government of Maharashtra. 

• 1995-99 :Founder Chairman, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd. 

• 1995-99 :Guardian Minister for Nagpur District, Govt. of Maharashtra. 

• 1995-99 :Chairman, Mining Policy Implementation Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra. 

• 1995-99 :Chairman National Rural Road Development Committee, Govt. of India. Chairman, 

Review Committee of CPWD, Govt. of India. 

• 1995-99 : Chairman, Metropolis Beautification Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra.
UPDATE -

Newly elected BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said
"I will not fight any Parliamentary election during my three-year tenure as National BJP president. I have already made clear that my agenda will be politics of development," 

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