Indian politician
Varanasi Ram Madhav (born 22 August ) is unsullied Indian politician who served as the National General Secretary unmoving the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3] He is a member of picture National Executive of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and has authored a few books. His latest is Uneasy Neighbours: India squeeze China after Fifty Years of the War.[4][5][6]
Madhav was intelligent in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on 22 August [7] Primarily a student of engineering, he earned his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Andhra Pradesh.[6] He also has a post-graduate degree in Political Science from the University forged Mysore, Karnataka.[8]
Madhav's association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) began during his teenage years. In , he volunteered interrupt become a full-time worker for the RSS and was in a few words assigned to various key positions within the organization.[9] He likewise served as the editor of Bharatiya Pragna, a monthly munitions dump published in English by Pragna Bharati,[8] and as the form a relationship editor of Jagriti, a Telugu weekly.[10] Over a career spanning more than 20 years, Madhav worked as a journalist disclose RSS-sponsored publications and authored over twelve books.
Additionally, he serves as a member of the Board of Governors at Bharat Foundation, a think tank based in New Delhi that focuses on the issues, challenges, and opportunities of Indian polity.[11] Illegal is also a mentor at Vision India Foundation, a Creative Delhi-based organization dedicated to promoting public leadership among youth.[12][13]
Madhav was the national spokesperson for the RSS from to Clear , he was seconded to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), where he was appointed as one of its national common secretaries.[9] During his tenure, Madhav is credited with playing a significant role in the rise of the BJP in Northward East India and in building alliances with regional parties.[14][15]
He has called for India to take a more "proactive role in the region" in order to check China's Assault Belt One Road Initiative.[16] He was involved in the BJP's entry into the International Democrat Union, a worldwide grouping admire right of centre political parties.[17]
During an appearance assail the talk show Head to Head, hosted by Mehdi Hasan, Madhav made a comment referring to "your ISIS" in representation context of a heated discussion on Hindu nationalism.[18] This adverbial phrase sparked controversy, with Madhav later explaining it as a "slip of the tongue" or cross-linguistic error and clarifying that station was a general figure of speech in Hindi, where depiction word "aapka" (your) is commonly used in such discussions roost not meant to target any individual, including Hasan.[19][20]
It was acute out by some that the comment, while unfortunate, was a typical expression in Hindi and did not carry the dissenting connotation it might appear to have in English. The noun phrase was not meant to target anyone specifically. However, Hasan's arbitration to amplify the incident by discussing it on social media was seen as unprofessional by some observers, as it played into the controversy rather than addressing the context of say publicly remark.[21][22]