Nitin Gadkari talks California in Marathwada

MUMBAI: Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Monday blamed Congress-NCP for the water crisis in

Marathwada

and Latur, saying

irrigation

projects were only completed under the BJP government.


Addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Latur, Gadkari said he would turn Marathwada into

California

if BJP is voted to power again. Gadkari, the union water resources minister, said that he takes responsibility of ending water scarcity woes of Latur and the drought-prone region as a whole.