Would rather jump into well than join Congress: Nitin Gadkari

Union minister and BJP veteran Nitin Gadkari has said that a politician once advised him to join the Congress to which he replied that he would rather die by jumping into a well than becoming a member of that partyThe Minister of Road Transport and Highways also claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP government carried out twice the amount of work in the country in the last nine years as compared to what the Congress did in the 60 years of its ruleAddressing a gathering in Maharashtras Bhandara on Friday to mark completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government Gadkari recalled his initial days of working for the BJP and talked about the partys journeyHe also recalled the advice once given by late Congress leader Shrikant JichkarJichkar once told me You are a very good party worker and leader and if you join the Congress you will have a bright future But I told him that I would rather jump into a well than join the Congress because I have strong faith in the BJP and its ideology and will continue to work for it Gadkari saidHe also hailed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for instilling values in him in his younger days when he worked for the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP the student wing of the RSSTalking about the Congress the minister said the party got split many times since its formationWe should not forget the history of our countrys democracy We should learn from the past for the future During its 60 years of rule the Congress gave the slogan of Garibi Hatao eliminate poverty but opened a series of educational institutions for personal gains he saidGadkari hailed PM Modi for his vision of making India an economic superpower The future of the country is very bright he saidIn the last nine years the BJP government has done twice the amount of work that the Congress could not carry out in the 60 years of its rule he saidThe Union minister also said that when he was in Uttar Pradesh a few days back he told the people that by the end of 2024 the roads in UP would be like the ones in the USThis 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