Shiv Prakash
Shiv Prakash | |
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Joint National General Secretary (Organisation) ,
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Assumed office July 2014 | |
President | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 August 1967 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Alma mater | Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Shiv Prakash (born 1 August 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Joint National General Secretary (Organization) of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2] He was assigned to the party from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 2014.[3][4]
Early life and education
Shiv Prakash was born on 1 August 1967, in Birubala, a small village in Uttar Pradesh]]. He completed his studies at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University.[citation needed]
Career
Shiv Prakash started his political career in 1986 as a district-level coordinator of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[5][6] In 2008, the RSS gave him the responsibility of Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.[7]
In 2014, he was transferred to the BJP to take charge as joint general secretary,[8][9] soon after overseeing the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.[10][11] Shiv Prakash, along with former Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad leader Arvind Menon, started working behind the scenes to lay the foundation of the BJP in the eastern states.[12][13]
In 2015, he came to
Currently, he is responsible for party-related development work in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal.[15][16]
As of July 2023, in the most recent restructuring of the central leadership within the BJP, Shiv Prakash has been reaffirmed in his role as the Joint National General Secretary (Organization).[17] The role of Joint National General Secretary is typically designated for members associated with the RSS. The responsibilities of those in this position encompass managing state-level party affairs, overseeing organizational matters, and serving as a crucial liaison between the BJP and the RSS, its ideological progenitor. Prakash continued to hold the position, albeit with an enhanced scope of responsibilities.[18]
Controversies
In 2016, an insider from the BJP disclosed to the media that concerns had arisen within the central leadership regarding the open conflict between
References
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- ^ Gautam, Shailendra (13 March 2021). "पश्चिम बंगाल विधानसभा चुनाव: बीजेपी के लिए गुमनाम होकर लड़ रहा आरएसएस का यह सिपाही" [West Bengal Assembly Elections: This RSS soldier is fighting anonymously for BJP]. Jansatta (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Prabhasakshi (13 March 2021). "सत्ता में दीदी की वापसी के दरवाजे बंद करने के लिए एक्टिव मोड में संघ का सिपाही" [Sangh soldier in active mode to close the doors of Didi's return to power]. Prabhasakshi (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "RSS deputes Ram Madhav, Shiv Prakash to BJP". The Indian Express. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Unsung RSS leaders behind BJP's electoral victories". Business Standard. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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- ISBN 978-93-89812-68-8.
- ^ Mondal, Dibyendu (10 April 2021). "RSS work helps build BJP momentum in Bengal polls". The Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Prakash, Surya. "पर्दे के पीछे रहकर बंगाल में बीजेपी के लिए सालों से जमीन तैयार कर रहा है यह शख्स, बांग्ला भी सीखी" [This person has been preparing the ground for BJP in Bengal by staying behind the scenes for years, also learned Bengali]. Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "BJP में संगठनात्मक बदलाव:राष्ट्रीय सह संगठन महामंत्री शिव प्रकाश को MP-CG सहित 6 राज्यों का प्रभार, बेस कैंप रहेगा भोपाल" [Organizational change in BJP: National Co-Organization General Secretary Shiv Prakash will be given charge of 6 states including MP-CG, Bhopal will be the base camp.]. Dainik Bhaskar. 31 December 2020.
- ^ Pandey, Manish Chandra (30 July 2023). "BJP's national team: U.P. gets lion's share, ex-AMU VC appointed party vice-president". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Arnimesh, Shanker (3 January 2021). "Why BJP has 'cut' number of joint general secretaries — RSS men in party — from 4 to 1". ThePrint. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 8 October 2023.