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Bhaiyyaji Joshi


National Committee member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
In office March 2009 – March 2021
Preceded by	Mohan Bhagwat
Succeeded by	Dattatreya Hosabale

Personal details
Born	Suresh Joshi (1947-11-28) 28 November 1947 (age 77) Indore, Indore State, India

Suresh "Bhaiyyaji" Joshi (born 28 November 1947) is a prominent member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was Sarkaryawah (General Secretary, the second in command) of RSS from 2009 to 2021 when he stepped down on health grounds.

Early life

Joshi was born on 28 November 1947 in Indore. He got his early education at Indore, however, he moved to Thane for higher studies and earned his bachelor's degree in arts. He got associated with RSS at a very early age.

Association with RSS

Joshi became Pracharak of RSS in 1975. He has served as Sah-sarakaryavah (Additional General Secretary) and Akhil Bharatiya Seva Pramukh. He was elected as Sarkaryavah (General Secretary) of RSS in 2009. He stepped down in 2021 for health reasons and was replaced by Dattatreya Hosabale as Sara-Kaaryavaaha.

Views

Joshi is strongly opposed to Christian proselytism in India, claiming that Christian missionaries are exploiting poor and ignorant Hindus to convert them, although he said that he is not opposed to individuals changing faith out of the free will.

References

^ "Dattatreya Hosabale becomes RSS general secretary, replacing Bhaiyyaji Joshi". Hindustan Times. 20 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"माननीय श्री सुरेश भैयाजी जोशी चौथी बार बने संघ के सरकार्यवाह". swadeshnews.in. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
Dahat, Pavan (14 March 2015). "Bhaiyyaji Joshi re-elected RSS general secretary". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"RSS leader slams Church for 'exploiting and converting' people". India Today. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

Sangh Parivar (RSS Family of Organisations)

Organisations

Foundation	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-present) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951-1977) Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (1948-1971)
Religion-specific wings	Vishva Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal Durga Vahini Muslim Rashtriya Manch Rashtriya Sikh Sangat Hindu Jagarana Vedike Dharm Jagaran Samiti Hindu Rashtra Sena
Strata and trade-based wings	Farmers wing: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Rashtra Sevika Samiti Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh National Hindu Students' Forum
NGOs and social welfare:	Vidya Bharati Ekal Vidyalaya Seva Bharati Vivekananda Kendra Bharat Vikas Parishad Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Friends of Tribals Society Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad India Development and Relief Fund
Think tank affiliates	India Foundation India Policy Foundation Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation Vivekananda International Foundation Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana
Project specific	Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam
Region specific	Hindu Munnani Hindu Aikya Vedi
News and communication	Organiser Panchjanya Vishwa Samvad Kendra
Others	Samskrita Bharati Kreeda Bharati Central Hindu Military Education Society

Sarsanghchalaks

Present	Mohan Bhagwat (2009–present)
Past	K. S. Sudarshan (2000–2009) Rajendra Singh (1994–2000) Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1973–1994) M. S. Golwalkar (1940–1973) Laxman Vasudev Paranjape (1930–1931) K. B. Hedgewar (1925–1930 and 1931–1940)

Other major figures

Head of state	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister of India) Lal Krishna Advani (Deputy Prime Minister of India) Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) Ram Nath Kovind (President of India) Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President of India)
Freedom fighters	Balkrishna Shivram Moonje Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Senior affiliates	Ashok Singhal Babasaheb Apte Bal Thackeray Chinmayananda Saraswati Eknath Ranade Prabhakar Balwant Dani Praveen Togadia Ram Madhav Ramchandra Das Paramhans S. S. Apte Suresh Joshi Sambhaji Bhide
Activists	Giriraj Kishore K. N. Govindacharya Madhukar Rao Bhagwat Swami Karpatri

Authors

Present	Bibliography Arun Shourie David Frawley D. P. Agrawal Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti François Gautier Koenraad Elst Michel Danino Rajiv Malhotra Ram Gopal Subhash Kak Suresh Chavhanke
Past	Balraj Madhok Dharampal Girilal Jain K. D. Sethna K. S. Lal N. S. Rajaram Raj Krishna Rajiv Dixit Ram Swarup Sita Ram Goel Swaraj Prakash Gupta

Philosophy

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