Introduction of e-carts, e-rickshaws which freed many from human exploitation my biggest achievement, says Nitin Gadkari at Rising Bharat Summit

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that his biggest achievement as part of the Modi government is his initiative to introduce e-carts and e-rickshaws which freed many people from the clutches of human exploitation.

Speaking at News 18 Rising Bharat Summit on Tuesday, Gadkari said, "When I took over as the minister in 2014, at least 1 crore people, especially in Bihar, West Bengal, Northeast, were involved in pulling carts and rickshaws. That is when I introduced e-carts and I am happy that 1 crore people who were being exploited got relief and are now driving e-carts and rickshaws. In a way, they also got reprieve from human exploitation."

"Made a lot of express highways, tunnel, roads but this work was the most satisfying for me," added the minister.

Exuding confident about BJP's win in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become Prime Minister once again and the NDA alliance will cross the 400-seat mark

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"PM Modi has said Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas. I consider the people of my constituency as my family. PM Modi will become Prime Minister again, we will go 400 par," he said.

When asked how does he see his performance in the upcoming elections, he said that he is in the right political party and he will win by a good margin.

"In the last ten years, my work has been received by people. I don’t need posters for campaigning. I will campaign house-to-house. I will win by a good margin. I am in the right political party," added Gadkari.

Talking about the infrastructure push in the country, he said that work worth Rs 50 lakh crore has been done in the last 10 years.

"Not a single project has been done without e-tendering. Every project was executed in a transparent and non-corrupt process," said Gadkari.

"We are creating infrastructure to make Navi Mumbai airport just 40 minutes away from Mumbai," he added.

On talks about the ongoing seat-sharing negotiations in Maharashtra, he said, "Seat distribution is on final stages in Maharashtra. Party will take a call on alliance with Raj Thackeray, the parliamentary board will decide."

"CM Eknath Shinde has already spoken to Maratha agitators. That’s not an issue now,” he added.