Mahipal Dhanda

Mahipal Dhanda is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Panipat Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2014 and 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]

Mahipal Dhanda
Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2024
Governor	Bandaru Dattatreya
Chief Minister	Nayab Singh Saini
Ministry and Departments	Higher Education Archives Parliamentary Affairs School Education
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2014
Preceded by	Om Prakash Jain
Constituency	Panipat Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Born	(1974-09-16) 16 September 1974 (age 51) Kawi, Panipat, Haryana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Neelam Dhanda
Profession	Politician

Personal Background

He was born on 16 September 1974 in Kawi, Panipat district, Haryana. He comes from a farming family. He's married to Neelam Dhanda.

Political Career

He joined the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) in 1987. Later, he got involved in student politics via ABVP.

In BJP:

• Became district vice president in 2004. • District general secretary in 2006. • State president of BJP's youth wing (Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha) in 2009. • State president of BJP's Kisan (farmer) cell in 2012. • Elected to Haryana Legislative Assembly from Panipat Rural in 2014. • Re-elected in 2019. • As of October 2024, he serves in the Haryana state cabinet and holds various ministries, including Higher Education, Archives, Parliamentary Affairs, and School Education.

Key Achievements / Recent Actions

• After becoming an education minister, one of his priorities has been improving government schools. • Under him, 844 teachers were promoted in Haryana, including principals. • Efforts were made to revise state syllabi in line with the National Education Policy. • He has a strong voter base and recently won by large margins, making him a prominent Jat leader in the Panipat area.