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Was Nitin Gadkari ‘gifted’ Scania luxury bus for daughter’s wedding?
An investigation by India’s Confluence Media, along with Swedish SVT and Germany’s ZDF, had revealed that the Swedish truck and bus maker Scania paid bribes to win bus contracts in seven Indian states between 2013 and 2016.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Updated: 7th April 2021 2:58 pm IST Union Minister Nitin Gadkari [File photo]
Hyderabad: Weeks after union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari refuted reports of a Swedish commercial manufacturer gifting him a luxury bus for his daughter’s wedding in 2016, fresh reports now reveal that his denial was an outright lie.
06 April 2021
Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for road transport and highways, had denied any connection to the SVT report that said the Swedish vehicles manufacturer Scania had gifted him a luxury bus in hopes of receiving an assignment in India. But the bus was seen in a Nagpur compound linked to him, and a company that used the bus has deep business connections to companies helmed by his sons, Sarang and Nikhil. Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for road transport and highways, had denied any connection to the SVT report that said the Swedish vehicles manufacturer Scania had gifted him a luxury bus in hopes of receiving an assignment in India. But the bus was seen in a Nagpur compound linked to him, and a company that used the bus has deep business connections to companies helmed by his sons, Sarang and Nikhil.