Nitin Gadkari to contest Lok Sabha election

The BJP president is throwing his hat into the ring to be counted as one of the BJP's prime ministerial candidates.Nitin Gadkari says he'll contest the next Lok Sabha election from Nagpur, his hometown. The statement is being seen as his attempt to emerge as a prime ministerial candidate in the BJP. Party sources say Gadkari has the backing of the RSS, which brought him from Nagpur to Delhi as the BJP president.