Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan is Karnataka BJP poll in-charge, Mansukh Mandaviya & K Annamalai deputies | Bengaluru News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: After playing a significant role in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as the party’s poll in-charge, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been assigned the responsibility of Karnataka in the same capacity, reflecting his rising stature as a key strategist in the party hierarchy.
BJP president JP Nadda made the crucial appointment ahead of the assembly polls, for which the dates are likely to be announced in the second week of March. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya and the party’s Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai have been appointed co-poll in-charge for the state.
The party’s brass has thoughtfully given the responsibility to Pradhan, given the electoral challenges of not only combating the incumbency factor but also the fact that the party has never won a majority on its own although it emerged as the single largest party in 2018. Pradhan held responsibilities in other states like Bihar and West Bengal in the recent past. In West Bengal, he was assigned the politically significant Nandigram from where West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated although her party registered an emphatic win.
Pradhan, who is said to enjoy the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, is expected to mobilise the organisation in Karnataka while sorting out internal issues in the local unit. He is expected to take a tough stand in selecting candidates, avoiding those who could face anti-incumbency as well as getting rid of discontent within the party.
Pradhan will have a tough task at hand as the party is going through some turmoil since chief minister Basavaraj Bommai took charge, with the opposition Congress accusing the government of 40% commission in tenders and contracts.
His appointment is also crucial for the reason that the BJP leadership has dedicated its focus to the most backward classes.

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