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BJP leader and newly elected MP Nitin Gadkari took oath as cabinet minister for the third consecutive time. Gadkari was a cabinet minister in both the previous governments of PM Modi. Nitin Gadkari is a veteran leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was in the fray for Maharashtra's most talked about Nagpur seat. He has won this seat. Nitin Gadkari has been included in the Modi cabinet. Nitin Gadkari has once again become a minister. Gadkari won against Congress' Vikas Thackeray.
2019 Elections
In 2019, Nitin Gadkari won this seat for the second time. Gadkari defeated Congress' Nana Patole by more than 2 lakh votes. Gadkari got 6 lakh 60 thousand votes. While Patole got 4 lakh 44 thousand votes. BSP's Mohammad Jamal is in third place. Who got less than 32 thousand votes.
2014 Elections
In 2014, Gadkari contested from this seat for the first time. He got 5 lakh 87 thousand votes. While Congress' Vilas Muttemwar got about 3 lakh 3 thousand votes. BSP's Mohan Gaikwad got about one lakh votes and he remained at third place.
Talking about the history of this seat, after Nagpur became a Lok Sabha seat, till 2014, BJP has won this seat only once. In the 1996 elections, Banwarilal Purohit won for the first time from BJP. But in 1998, Congress again defeated BJP. After that Nitin Gadkari came and ended BJP's drought on this seat.
Equations of Nagpur seat
Apart from oranges, Nagpur is also famous in the country because the headquarters of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is located here. RSS was established 99 years ago. Then Keshav Baliram Hedgewar chose his city Nagpur as its headquarters. However, before 2014, BJP never dominated this seat. The account was not even opened till 1999. But ever since RSS's favorite Gadkari has contested elections from this seat, BJP has not lost.
Talking about this election, this time the opposition was seen mobilized against Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who was seen in a strong position. Congress's Vikas Thackeray was in the fray from India Alliance, who got the support of allies, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP. Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi also expressed support for him. Apart from this, AIMIM also did not field any candidate from Nagpur.
