'Contractors Found Guilty Of Corruption Will Be Crushed Under Bulldozers': Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday stated in the Lok Sabha that corrupt contractors will face severe consequences.

Gadkari was speaking in Lok Sabha.

Source : Nitin Gadkari Winter Session of Parliament news

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari while speaking in Lok Sabha said contractors found guilty of corruption will be crushed under bulldozers, following which the House broke into laughter. The minister was replying to questions raised by MP Hanuman Beniwal over road safety in India.

Beniwal said he asked the Centre a question related to the "technical flaws" prevailing on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. To this, Gadkari replied, "Will crush contractors under bulldozers if found guilty of corruption...We will not compromise on anything."

आज लोक सभा के प्रश्नकाल में दिल्ली -मुंबई एक्सप्रेसवे में व्याप्त तकनीकी खामियों से जुड़ा सवाल सूचीबद्ध था जिसका जवाब केंद्रीय सड़क,परिवहन एवं राजमार्ग मंत्री @nitin_gadkari जी ने दिया, प्रधानमंत्री जी ने देश की आधारभूत संरचना का उत्कृष्ट उदाहरण बताते हुए जिस दिल्ली- मुंबई… pic.twitter.com/2ZwCg8z23x

— HANUMAN BENIWAL (@hanumanbeniwal) December 5, 2024

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday following certain remarks made by BJP member Nishikant Dubey and opposition uproar over the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal. As soon as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla took up the Zero Hour at noon, opposition members were on their feet demanding that they be allowed to raise the issue of violence in Sambhal in the House.

The Speaker said he would allow some opposition members to raise the issue after Dubey makes his submissions before the House. Trouble broke out when Dubey sought to draw some linkages between a foreign investor and a section of opposition leaders and claimed an international conspiracy was afoot to derail India's success story under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Amid the din, the Speaker called Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi to raise the issue of violence in Sambhal. Gogoi tried to counter the allegations levelled by Dubey leading to uproar in the House. The Speaker then adjourned proceedings as unruly scenes continued in the House.