r: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari did not turn up at the inaugural function of the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Roads Congress here on Monday, though scheduled, for reasons not explained.
As a result, all credit went to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who inaugurated the important all-India event, felt political observers, who wondered why the BJP, which aims at coming to power in the
State failed to seize the opportunity.
When mediapersons asked BJP national secretary and Odisha party in-charge Arun Singh here about Gadkari’s absence, he had no answer to offer.