BJP-NDA will win Lok Sabha, Maharashtra Assembly polls in 2024: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance would retain power at the Centre and in Maharashtra in polls next year on the basis of development work done since 2014Speaking at the ABP Networks Ideas of India Summit here Gadkari who is the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways also said the NDA government had instilled a sense of confidence in the people through its development work and good governanceWe will win and once again the BJP and NDA will form the government in both Maharashtra and at the Centre The good work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will yield good results Gadkari saidThe performance audit is more important than the financial audit he said adding the fiveyear performance of elected representatives is reviewed by the public at the time of pollsOur performance is our strength and this is what people expect from us as well We have instilled confidence in people through our good work which we will take to them Gadkari saidAsserting his party keeps a very positive attitude and that whatever work it has done on the basis of opportunities provided to it the Union minister said the performance rating card of our party our leadership and our ministers is definitely very importantI can say with confidence the work that has been done in the last more than eight years under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi is far more when compared with 60 years of Congress rule Gadkari saidOn the growth of green transport the minister said Hydrogen is our future fuel and Indias future vehicles will run on hydrogen and green fuelsAlso Read Will changing names of places resolve issues like unemployment AIMIMThough his ministry never spoke about electric vehicle EV targets for the year 2030 Gadkari said in the coming years India will certainly shift to electric vehiclesWe import Rs 16 lakh crore worth of fossil fuel every year but pretty soon our farmers will produce green fuel and green hydrogen he said adding that Lithium ion batteries will lead the shift from petrol and diesel driven carsReiterating that Lithium ion battery costs will come down in the next year or so the minister said India will soon become a net exporter of Lithium and become a major global playerExpressing satisfaction at the development of highways in the country Gadkari said In the coming years public transport will be revolutionised in the country and the new highways will bring down travel time between key cities drasticallyHe however said his ministry and the government had failed to curb the accident rate on Indian roadsWe wanted to reduce road accidents by 50 per cent by 2024 but we are not going to achieve it he saidFor this he said human behaviour has to change as people were still not following rules of red lights car seat belts or two wheeler helmetsGadkari sought the introduction of road safety education at the primary level to make Indians aware about this at a young ageThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever