Dharmendra Pradhan

Dharmendra Pradhan

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  • Name:
  • Dharmendra Pradhan
  • Born:
  • June 26, 1969

Dharmendra Pradhan Biography

Dharmendra Pradhan was born to Debendra Pradhan and Basanta Manjari Pradhanon June 26, 1969 in Talcher, district of Angul, also named as Coal City of Odisha which is one of the fastest growing industrial and coal hubs of Odisha. Dharmendra completed his Masters in Anthropology from Utkal University in Odisha. Presently he is married to Mridula T Pradhan in 1998 and the couple has a son and a daughter. 

He is a junior BJP leader, and the current Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government. Pradhan is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, working as General Secretary Pradhan looked after the party activities in Jharkhand election held in August 2011. He is currently member of upper house of the Indian parliament.

Dharmendra Pradhan stepped into active politics in the year 2004. His father who was a minister in Vajpayee government was a MP from Deogarh constituency. His father left his seat for Dharmendra that year and the result was Dharmendra Pradhan won the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 from Deogarh constituency. However Pradhan did not win the next election in 2009.

Dharmendra Pradhan was elected to the Rajya Sabha in March 2012 from Bihar state. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha during 17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009 represented the Deogarh constituency of Orissa. He is presntly All India General Secretary from 2010. He was in-charge Chhatisgarh in 2007 to 2010 and In-charge of BJP Karnataka during 2011 to 2013.

Dharmendra Pradhan is a social worker and has been working on the problems of youth including unemployment, technical education and he works for the development of backward classes and the farmers. 

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Updated: October 31, 2015

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