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Sanjay Joshi
Sanjay Vinayak Joshi is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a long-time member of the Gujarat BJP and was a member of the BJP national executive until he was forced to resign after public pressure. During his 2001-2005 tenure as National General Secretary (Organization), he led the organization that enabled BJP to win the Assembly elections in nine states (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh).
Joshi was born in Nagpur on 6 April 1962. A mechanical engineer from VNIT, Nagpur by training, Joshi was a lecturer in an engineering college, but he resigned to become a full-time pracharak in the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharashtra. Noting his organizational acumen, he was asked to join BJP in Gujarat in 1988, where the party was politically weak. He is known for his good rapport with grass root level workers.
Joshi became a leading figure in BJP politics in Gujarat. From 1988 to 1995, he worked closely with Narendra Modi as a secretary of Gujarat BJP. A former colleague, Gordhan Zadafia has said of him that he is "a silent worker with immense capability and is popular and loved by party workers, while Modi has a dictatorial attitude.". Joshi was viewed as a bachelor who had dedicated his life to the party.
After a revolt by Shankersinh Vaghela, Narendra Modi was shunted out, and BJP won in the subsequent elections in 1998. Joshi became the general secretary of BJP in Gujarat. In 2001, BJP Central leadership removed Keshubhai Patel and allowed Modi to become chief minister. Since then Joshi has been the focus of several of Modi's actions.
In May 2012, it was reported that Modi had called Gadkari, threatening to boycott the BJP national meet unless Joshi was removed from the BJP. In what is widely seen as an erosion of the BJP president's power, Joshi was forced to resign from the BJP executive, and within two hours, Modi announced his decision to attend the BJP meet. The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat expressed his displeasure at this treatment of Joshi.
In July 2012, Joshi sought security cover z++ category from the Home Ministry as according to him there was threat to his life and had received threatening letters and calls on his mobile phone from a person named Rasool Khan.
In May 2013, Modi again lobbied for non-inclusion of Joshi in an important electoral committee of the BJP. In his tussle with Modi, Joshi apparently enjoys the support of several RSS groups, and also former BJP chief Rajnath Singh, and others.
Currently Joshi has no assignment with BJP; He stays in Central Delhi. His place of residence is full of political activity with senior BJP leaders and party workers wants to meet him. As party man with strong backing in RSS, Sanjay joshi played an important role in organization building in Nagpur.
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Sanjay Joshi
Sanjay Vinayak Joshi is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a long-time member of the Gujarat BJP and was a member of the BJP national executive until he was forced to resign after public pressure. During his 2001-2005 tenure as National General Secretary (Organization), he led the organization that enabled BJP to win the Assembly elections in nine states (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh).
Joshi was born in Nagpur on 6 April 1962. A mechanical engineer from VNIT, Nagpur by training, Joshi was a lecturer in an engineering college, but he resigned to become a full-time pracharak in the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharashtra. Noting his organizational acumen, he was asked to join BJP in Gujarat in 1988, where the party was politically weak. He is known for his good rapport with grass root level workers.
Joshi became a leading figure in BJP politics in Gujarat. From 1988 to 1995, he worked closely with Narendra Modi as a secretary of Gujarat BJP. A former colleague, Gordhan Zadafia has said of him that he is "a silent worker with immense capability and is popular and loved by party workers, while Modi has a dictatorial attitude.". Joshi was viewed as a bachelor who had dedicated his life to the party.
After a revolt by Shankersinh Vaghela, Narendra Modi was shunted out, and BJP won in the subsequent elections in 1998. Joshi became the general secretary of BJP in Gujarat. In 2001, BJP Central leadership removed Keshubhai Patel and allowed Modi to become chief minister. Since then Joshi has been the focus of several of Modi's actions.
In May 2012, it was reported that Modi had called Gadkari, threatening to boycott the BJP national meet unless Joshi was removed from the BJP. In what is widely seen as an erosion of the BJP president's power, Joshi was forced to resign from the BJP executive, and within two hours, Modi announced his decision to attend the BJP meet. The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat expressed his displeasure at this treatment of Joshi.
In July 2012, Joshi sought security cover z++ category from the Home Ministry as according to him there was threat to his life and had received threatening letters and calls on his mobile phone from a person named Rasool Khan.
In May 2013, Modi again lobbied for non-inclusion of Joshi in an important electoral committee of the BJP. In his tussle with Modi, Joshi apparently enjoys the support of several RSS groups, and also former BJP chief Rajnath Singh, and others.
Currently Joshi has no assignment with BJP; He stays in Central Delhi. His place of residence is full of political activity with senior BJP leaders and party workers wants to meet him. As party man with strong backing in RSS, Sanjay joshi played an important role in organization building in Nagpur.