The architect of the BJP's historic third successive victory in Haryana, Dharmendra Pradhan, is anything but flamboyant. A silent worker who stays in the background, to work for the party, he also is one of the closet aides of the party's chief strategist Amit Shah.
The Odisha leader, who once handled the crucial petroleum ministry and is now in charge of education, has emerged over the years as the BJP's go-to person for difficult states and tough electoral battles.
Which is how, before Haryana, he was assigned the elections in Uttarakhand in 2017, Uttar Pradesh in 2022. His long-term project was home state Odisha, which the BJP party won this year .
The BJP party won 48 seats in Haryana assembly, getting absolute majority in the 90-member House. The party is poised to form its third successive government in the state. The Prime Minister said no party has formed a government in the state thrice successively.
The credit for the BJP’s stunning comeback for the third consecutive term in Haryana largely goes to Union Education Minister and BJP's Haryana election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan.