'You talk very sweetly but write in a stern manner,' says Uddhav Thackeray to Nitin Gadkari

"I want to assure you that I will not let anyone come in the way of public welfare works," the chief minister added.

Nagpur: Days after Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari wrote to him about alleged obstruction by local Shiv Sena leaders in national highway projects in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray assured him on Friday (August 17) that he would not allow anyone to stop development work. Thackeray, along with Union ministers Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri, inaugurated operations on the Sitabuldi–Zero Mile Freedom Park–Kasturchand Park segment of Nagpur Metro. While Gadkari was present on the spot, Thackeray and Puri took part in the function virtually.