Dehradun, June 3 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday praised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and stated that there was no better teacher than him.

Addressing the convocation ceremony of the Graphic Era Deemed University in Dehradun, Dhami stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state had been working towards becoming a leader in education.

"If you want to learn the art of project management, then there can be no better teacher than Gadkari ji... His speciality is to complete very important projects at a low cost. You have won the hearts of the people by building a network of roads from small villages to remote hilly areas of the state," Dhami stated.

"Under the leadership of PM Narend...