Nitin Gadkari Has Shown How Power Can Be Used: Sharad Pawar

Very often nothing happens once the stone-laying ceremony takes place for a project, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, adding, "But when it comes to Nitin Gadkari's projects, within a few days of the function one sees the work starting.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday lauded Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari for using power effectively to carry out development.

The two leaders from rival parties shared the dais at a function at Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.

"I am attending this function because I was told that (Mr) Gadkari was going to inaugurate many projects in Ahmednagar which would solve long-pending issues of the city, and he wants me to be present," Mr Pawar said.

Very often nothing happens once the stone-laying ceremony takes place for a project, the NCP leader said, adding, "But when it comes to (Mr) Gadkari's projects, within a few days of the function one sees the work starting.