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Nagpur: Sulekha Kumbhare, member of State Minorities Commission, wants Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari to be the next Prime Minister instead of Narendra Modi. She said that she wanted a Marathi Manoos to head the nation.Terming Gadkari as a well-wisher of Dalits, she said that the minister had provided excellent road connectivity in the Buddhist circuit. She expressed confidence that BJP-Shiv Sena alliance would win 46 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.Kumbhare, who is the founder of Dalit outfit Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch (BREM), expressed her open support for Gadkari in Nagpur. “I want to spend rest of my life in propagating Buddhism,” she said. “He has also sanctioned money for development of Deekshabhoomi, Dragon Palace Temple and Chicholi museum,” she added.Kumbhare added that she had no intention of facing direct elections again..