Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat in Odisha defeating BJD’s organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das, took oath as a Cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi 3.0 Cabinet on Sunday evening.
Pradhan served in the Modi Cabinets earlier too in the capacity of Minister for Natural Gas and Petroleum, Minister for Steel, and Minister for Education.
His inclusion in the Modi 3.0 Cabinet was expected considering his experience.
