06 April 2021
Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for road transport and highways, had denied any connection to the SVT report that said the Swedish vehicles manufacturer Scania had gifted him a luxury bus in hopes of receiving an assignment in India. But the bus was seen in a Nagpur compound linked to him, and a company that used the bus has deep business connections to companies helmed by his sons, Sarang and Nikhil. Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for road transport and highways, had denied any connection to the SVT report that said the Swedish vehicles manufacturer Scania had gifted him a luxury bus in hopes of receiving an assignment in India. But the bus was seen in a Nagpur compound linked to him, and a company that used the bus has deep business connections to companies helmed by his sons, Sarang and Nikhil.
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NAGPUR: Union minister for transport and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari exhorted local businessmen to think big, adding that his own venture had achieved business of Rs 1,300 crore.
He was speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of a common facilitation centre for auto and engineering industries at Hingna estate of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation on Sunday. “I am sorry to say but the investment of Rs 12 crore for the Centre being set up here is peanuts. It should be at least Rs 200 crore,” he said, adding that the turnover of his business has grown by Rs 200 crore in two years.
In 2018, while addressing the foundation day function of MIDC Industries Association, Gadkari had said his sons’ business had touched Rs 1,100 crore.