Minister of Road Transport and Highways
The Minister of Road Transport and Highways is the head of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and a senior member of the union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the Ministers of State.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
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Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over nine years. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2009 to 2013. He is also known for his work as the Public Works Department Minister of the State of Maharashtra, where, under his leadership, a series of roads, highways and flyovers across the state were constructed.
Gadkari in 2023
Gadkari taking charge as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, in New Delhi on 29 May 2014.
Gadkari taking charge as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, in New Delhi on 4 June 2019.
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Co-Chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation calls on the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari and his wife Kanchan Gadkari, in New Delhi on 19 September 2014.