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IN PHOTOS: People in Nagpur celebrate as Nitin Gadkari announced as LS candidate

Updated On: 14 March, 2024 12:43 PM IST | Devashri Bhujbal

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari has been re-nominated for Lok Sabha from Nagpur constituency in Maharashtra. Pics/PTI

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari has been re-nominated for Lok Sabha from Nagpur constituency in Maharashtra. Pics/PTI

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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari has been re-nominated for Lok Sabha from Nagpur constituency in Maharashtra. Pics/PTI
<p>Sitting MP from Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari`s name was not included in the first list of BJP`s Lok Sabha candidates raising speculations if Gadkari has been dropped</p>

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Sitting MP from Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari`s name was not included in the first list of BJP`s Lok Sabha candidates raising speculations if Gadkari has been dropped

<p>Gadkari was re-nominated from Nagpur after which his supporters started celebrating</p>

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Gadkari was re-nominated from Nagpur after which his supporters started celebrating

<p>Apart from Nitin Gadkari, other prominent names from Maharashtra nominated for Lok Sabha were Piyush Goyal from Mumbai North and Pankaja Munde from Beed</p>

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Apart from Nitin Gadkari, other prominent names from Maharashtra nominated for Lok Sabha were Piyush Goyal from Mumbai North and Pankaja Munde from Beed

<p>Gadkari is fondly called as `highway man` or `expressway man` of India considering the number of expressways he constructed across India as Transport and Highway minister</p>

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Gadkari is fondly called as `highway man` or `expressway man` of India considering the number of expressways he constructed across India as Transport and Highway minister

<p>After releasing first list with 195 candidates last week, the BJP on Wednesday released list of more 72 candidates of which 20 were from Maharashtra</p>

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After releasing first list with 195 candidates last week, the BJP on Wednesday released list of more 72 candidates of which 20 were from Maharashtra

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