Nitin Gadkari proves once again why he is a master of wordplay

His international guests might have just missed the pun as was apparent from their expression of bewilderment

At an event to mark the financial closure of the first bundle of TOT (toll-operate-transfer) projects under the road monetisation scheme that was awarded to a joint venture of Macquarie and Ashoka Buildcon in March, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari proved once again why he is considered a master of wordplay. He said his ministry was upbeat about the prospects of the “bundle” project and warned his guests not to consider his estimation as “bandal”, a Hindi slang for bluff. He said, “These projects are a real bundle of road contracts and not the Hindi version of bandal”. His international