Therefore, there are clear links between Gadkari family and Purti Green Technologies.” Digvijaya and Gadkari have long been locked in feuds. In another decision, Gadkari, as minister of transport, started ethanol-run public transport buses. New Delhi, Aug. 12: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s removal for allegedly misusing his official position to bolster his personal businesses. Soon after getting bail in the case, Digvijaya had threatened to fully expose Gadkari and “prove all charges against the man who was more a businessman than a politician”. The letter recalled that the Prime Minister had earlier cancelled a Rs 10,000-crore contract given illegally to one such firm for the construction of Zojila Pass tunnel in Kashmir.

Source: The Telegraph August 12, 2016 21:22 UTC