website predecessor successor children birth_place religion party nationality office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
http://nitingadkari.org rajnath singh rajnath singh nikhil , sarang and ketki nagpur , maharashtra , india hinduism bharatiya janata party indian minister for pwd , maharashtra of transport president of bharatiya janata party minister narendra modi 27 may 1957 26 may 2014 1 january 2010 27 may 1995 kanchan gadkari nitin gadkari
 22 january 2013 1999 nitin gadkari lawyer , industrialist nagpur university
nitin gadkari

nitin jairam gadkari ; -lrb- born 27 may 1957 -rrb- is an indian politician and the current transport minister under the bjp central cabinet in the 16th loksabha .
mr gadkari was appointed to head bjp in december 2009 after the party suffered a defeat in the general elections earlier that year .
he is also known for the works during his tenure as a public works department minister in the state of maharashta when he constructed a series of roads , highways and flyovers across the state including the yashwantrao chavan mumbai -- pune expressway .
