Gadkari attributes his conviction and sensitivity to RSS, ABVP

NAGPUR, May 30 : Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that his sense of conviction and sensitivity stems from his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
Speaking at the release of his Marathi book Sanghatil Manavi Vyavasthapan (Human resource management in RSS) in Nagpur, Gadkari said, “I learnt in RSS and ABVP that politics is an instrument of socio-economic reform.”
“This sense of conviction and sensitivity came from the RSS and ABVP,” he said, after the book was released by Sunil Ambekar, communication in-charge of RSS.
Gadkari said personal relationships play a vital role in both politics and social work. “Human relationship is the biggest strength of politics and social work, and I learnt it in the RSS,” he said.
“Mahatma Gandhi had once said that if you are helping a poor person, you can break the law, not once but 100 times. I decided to do the same,” Gadkari said, recalling the legal battle over e-rickshaws.
Electric rickshaws have put an end to the “inhuman” practice of one man carrying another man as the bulk of cycle rickshaw pullers switched to driving electric vehicles, Gadkari said. “This is my life’s biggest achievement,” he added.
Nearly one crore people benefitted from this switch to e-rickshwas, he said.
“From where did I get such sensitivity? It comes from your conviction and from your sanskar,” Gadkari said.
“I am a swayamsevak (RSS volunteer) but I do not hold any post in the organisation,” he said.
Gadkari also spoke about the influence of senior RSS leaders like Balasaheb Deoras, Bhaurao Vaidya, Dattopant Thengdi and Yadhvantrao Kelkar on is life.
“Despite my RSS background, the CPI (M) Chief Minister of Kerala and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee love me equally.”
Gadkari also said his image is “10 times bigger” that his stature.
Speaking about people asking him about executive mega infrastructure projects, Gadkari said, “If there is a will, there is a way. If there is no will, there is only survey, discussion, seminar, committee, sub-committee and research group.” (PTI)

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