Rahul inexperienced in infrastructure: Nitin Gadkari

BJP president Nitin Gadkari today launched a tirade against Rahul Gandhi for opposing the interlinking of rivers and said the Congress leader lacked experience on infrastructure issues, unlike him.

"I am not concerned about what Rahul Gandhi has said. I am not taking it very seriously as far as this project is concerned because he has no experience about infrastructure. I am an experienced man in infrastructure at least because it is my expertise", he told reporters here on his maiden visit to Tamil Nadu.

Attributing farmers' suicides in various parts of the country to powercuts and water shortage, Gadkari said the lone solution to the problem was to link rivers. 

The Ganga and Cauvery should be linked at the first step, he said.

By this interlinking, 4,000 TMC can be distributed to the states, particularly in South India.

Gadkari said he had raised Rs 4,000 crore from the market as Maharashtra PWD minister and completed a project of Rs 8,000 crore on highways.

"I can assure you only about this project that I am a good expert".