DHARMENDRA PRADHAN

Dharmendra Pradhan is the Minister of State (In charge), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and hails from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In addition to being a General Secretary, he was assigned additional responsibility to look after the party activities in Jharkhand in August 2011.

Dharmendra Pradhan was elected to the Rajya Sabha in March 2012 from Bihar state. Pradhan was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Deogarh constituency of Orissa. He is a member of BJP and RSS. He is the son of former BJP MP Dr.Debendra Pradhan.