Nagpurkars hold as much pride towards the ‘son of the soil’, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, as they do with the district’s other two famed symbols of oranges and tiger. Gadkari, 66, is a rare political figure who despite rising from the ranks of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is respected and admired equally by the masses and rival parties for his development work.