Why This BJP MP Called Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari 'Spiderman' In Lok Sabha

BJP MP Tapir Gaon asserted that the speed of road construction in India's sensitive areas, especially on the India-China border, picked up pace under the Narendra Modi government.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Pic: AFP

New Delhi: BJP MP Tapir Gaon lauded Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for building a 'web of roads' across India, calling the Road Transport Minister a 'Spiderman' to praise the work done by him in the road transport sector, PTI reported.

Participating in the discussion on the 'demand for grants of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' for 2022-23 in Lok Sabha, the MP from Arunachal Pradesh said,"I have changed Nitin Gadkari's name to Spiderman. Like the web of a spider...Nitin Gadkari has been laying wide network of roads in every corner of the country. Gadkari hai to mumkin hai (Gadkari makes it possible)."

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Gao asserted that the speed of road construction in India's sensitive areas, especially on the India-China border, picked up pace under the Narendra Modi government.

"With Modi government coming to power, the pace of road construction near the China border has also grown. Today, under Modi's leadership, a two-lane road is being constructed till McMahon Line in Arunachal Pradesh," he said.

"I hope that 'Spiderman' will continue to carry on with the speed at which roads are being built," Gao added.

In the Lok Sabha on Monday, Congress and several other opposition parties praised Gadkari's work but also flagged concerns on issues such as maintenance and quality of roads, also urging the Centre to take concrete steps to curb accidents.

The discussion started on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha on 'Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the year 2022-23' was carried forward.

Gao said when as the BJP president, Gadkari had formed a committee to visit sensitive areas near the Indo-China border and it took them several days to cover all the points due to poor condition of roads. Now roads are being constructed in all those areas, he said.

With PTI Inputs