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Nitin Gadkari

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Nitin Gadkari (Marathi: नितीन गडकरी) (born 27 May 1957) is an Indian Industrialist, Agriculturist, Sr. Po
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Nitin Gadkari, who just two days ago seemed like bowing out of office with grace and in the larger interests of the party, has now managed to prove many things: that he is unfit the lead, and that he continues to damage the party even when he is not its President. The income tax raids on his Purti Group may have helped tip the balance against him in the BJP presidential sweepstakes, but that is no reason for him to behave like a street-gangster. He can\'t afford to be a sore loser. Mard hoon, dekh loonga. I-T department yad rakhe, BJP ki Sarkar ayegi tab kahan jaoge? Gadkari is reported to have said to his supporters after returning to his home town of Nagpur, reports the Hindustan Times. This is the kind of underworld language that Salman Khurshid, now External Affairs Minister, managed to use with Arvind Kejriwal, when the latter made disclosures about his trust for disabled persons. They can come to Farrukhabad, but let\'s see how they go back, Khurshid remarked about Kejriwal\'s plans to hold a demo in his political backyard. Gadkari has now done a Salman.
BJP\'s ex-president Nitin Gadkari today threatened I-T department officials by asking them what they planned to do when the BJP came to power. While addressing BJP supporters in Nagpur, Gadkari said that the income tax department should know that the Congress is on its way out.
In this photograph taken November 5, 2012, Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Nitin Gadkari, gestures at a function in New Delhi. India\'s main opposition party elected a new leader on January 23, 2013, after the scandal-tainted incumbent, Gadkari, resigned abruptly following a corruption scandal just over a year before national elections.
Newly elected President of India\'s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh (L) sits next to the outgoing BJP chief Nitin Gadkari during a news conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi January 23, 2013.
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari said he is opting out of the race for the top organisational post as he does not want the charges of financial impropriety raised against him to adversely affect the party\'s interest. In a written statement, Gadkari said I have committed no wrong or any impropriety either directly or indirectly. Yet, the UPA government has been making an effort to spread disinformation about me in order to hurt me and my party. I have always said that I am willing for any independent inquiry. Gadkari is facing charges of dubious funding of his Purti Power and Sugar Limited as well as of not returning excess land alloted to the factory. I do not wish that this should in any way adversely affect the interests of BJP. I have, therefore, decided not to seek a second term as the president of BJP, Gadkari said, adding he has conveyed his decision to the party.
Nagpur: BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who was asked by the Income Tax department to appear before it in connection with the probe into alleged dubious investments in Purti group of companies, has sought more time to present his case. Citing his preoccupation with party work as the reason for his inability to appear before the tax authorities, he sought fresh time, official sources said. They said he has now been asked to appear on 1 February. The sources said that two authorised representatives of Gadkari met I-T officials here and submitted a 25-page document in reply to department\'s question regarding his personal transactions and investments related to the Purti group of companies and few others. Gadkari was not immediately available for comment while the BJP declined to give any reaction. Gadkari has denied allegations of any wrongdoing and said that he has resigned from the Purti Group sometime back.
Nitin Gadkari, who just two days ago seemed like bowing out of office with grace and in the larger interests of the party, has now managed to prove many things: that he is unfit the lead, and that he continues to damage the party even when he is not its President. The income tax raids on his Purti Group may have helped tip the balance against him in the BJP presidential sweepstakes, but that is no reason for him to behave like a street-gangster. He can't afford to be a sore loser. Mard hoon, dekh loonga. I-T department yad rakhe, BJP ki Sarkar ayegi tab kahan jaoge? Gadkari is reported to have said to his supporters after returning to his home town of Nagpur, reports the Hindustan Times. This is the kind of underworld language that Salman Khurshid, now External Affairs Minister, managed to use with Arvind Kejriwal, when the latter made disclosures about his trust for disabled persons. They can come to Farrukhabad, but let's see how they go back, Khurshid remarked about Kejriwal's plans to hold a demo in his political backyard. Gadkari has now done a Salman.
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