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	===Swadeshi Jagaran Manch===		===Swadeshi Jagaran Manch===
	He assisted RSS leaders [[Dattopant Thengadi]], Madan Das and [[S Gurumurthy]] in floating [[Swadeshi Jagaran Manch]], a movement to protect Indian rural economy against the onslaught of globalisation.<ref name="deccanchronicle1"/><ref>[https://archive.is/20130731103624/http://bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=436&Itemid=683]</ref>		He assisted RSS leaders [[Dattopant Thengadi]], Madan Das and [[S Gurumurthy]] in floating [[Swadeshi Jagaran Manch]], a movement to protect Indian rural economy against the onslaught of globalisation.<ref name="deccanchronicle1"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.today/20130731103624/http://bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=436&Itemid=683\|title = State Prabhari}}</ref>

	===Bharatiya Janata Party===		===Bharatiya Janata Party===
	Muralidhar Rao joined BJP in January 2009 as attaché to the then president Rajnath Singh. In 2010, he was made national secretary by Nitin Gadkari. Appointed one of the BJP general secretaries on 1 March 2013. Muralidhar Rao was also in contention for the post of the BJP President, after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw Rajnath Singh becoming the Union Home Minister. In [[2019 Indian general election in Telangana\|2019]] he played crucial role for the BJP.<ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/murali-may-get-head-bjp-telangana\|title =Murali may get to head BJP in Telangana\|publisher =The Sunday Guardian\|date =August 3, 2019\|website =sundayguardianlive.com \|author =S. Rama Krishna\|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/121219/trs-bjps-main-rival-in-telangana-p-muralidhar-rao.html\|title =TRS, ~~BJP’s~~ main rival in Telangana: P Muralidhar Rao\|publisher =Deccan Chronicle\|date = December 12, 2019\|website =deccanchronicle.com\|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref>		Muralidhar Rao joined BJP in January 2009 as attaché to the then president Rajnath Singh. In 2010, he was made national secretary by Nitin Gadkari. Appointed one of the BJP general secretaries on 1 March 2013. Muralidhar Rao was also in contention for the post of the BJP President, after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw Rajnath Singh becoming the Union Home Minister. In [[2019 Indian general election in Telangana\|2019]] he played crucial role for the BJP.<ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/murali-may-get-head-bjp-telangana\|title =Murali may get to head BJP in Telangana\|publisher =The Sunday Guardian\|date =August 3, 2019\|website =sundayguardianlive.com \|author =S. Rama Krishna\|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url =https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/121219/trs-bjps-main-rival-in-telangana-p-muralidhar-rao.html\|title =TRS, BJP's main rival in Telangana: P Muralidhar Rao\|publisher =Deccan Chronicle\|date = December 12, 2019\|website =deccanchronicle.com\|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==

	*{{Official website\|http://muralidharrao.in/}}		*{{Official website\|http://muralidharrao.in/}}

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{{Short description|BJP National General Secretary}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image= Murali12345.jpg
| name = Muralidhar Rao
| birth_name = Polsani Muralidhar Rao<ref name="NIE" />
| birth_place = [[Jammikunta|Korapally]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now in [[Telangana]]), India<ref name="NIE" />
| residence =[[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
|office= [[General Secretary|National General Secretary]],
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| president =
* [[Amit Shah]]
* [[J. P. Nadda]]
| termstart= 2013
| termend = 2020
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =[[Bharathiya Janata Party]]
|alma_mater=[[Osmania University]]
| website = {{URL|http://muralidharrao.in/}}
}}

'''Polsani Muralidhar Rao''' is an Indian political activist and [[politician]], he served as a [[Secretary (title)#General secretary|National General Secretary]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) from 2013 to 2020. Prior to joining the BJP, Rao was active in the [[Swadeshi Jagaran Manch]], where he was its Organising Secretary, as well as in other affiliates of the [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalist]] organisation [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].

== Life ==
Muralidhar Rao is the son of a farmer at Korapalli village in [[Karimnagar district]]. He did his undergraduate studies in [[Warangal]] and postgraduate studies in [[Osmania University]], Hyderabad, receiving an [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[Master of Philosophy|M. Phil]] in Philosophy. As a student leader of [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]], he was a target of the [[Naxalites]] who shot him and about 18 pellets still remain in his body.<ref name="NIE">{{Cite web|title=BJP new national general secretary hails from Karimnagar|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2013/apr/01/bjp-new-national-general-secretary-hails-from-karimnagar-463864.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Political career==
Rao joined the Indian cultural volunteer organisation [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] at a young age and became its [[pracharak]] (full-time worker). Deputed to northern states by the RSS, he was recognised for his skills in organising students. While at Osmania University, he served as the Gen Secretary of Arts College students' union and an activist of [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]].<ref name="deccanchronicle1">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130401/news-politics/article/bjp-plays-murali-andhra-pradesh |title=BJP plays Murali in Andhra Pradesh |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2013-03-01 |accessdate=2013-11-29}}</ref>

'''Student politics'''

Muralidhar Rao joined the RSS at a very young age. He led ABVP in Warangal and Hyderabad. He was general secretary of Osmania University Students' Union in 1984.

'''Assassination attempt'''

Naxals fired at him at point blank range in Nov 1986 on OU Campus.

'''Heading North'''

The ABVP deputed him to Rajasthan in 1987. His remarkable organising skills won him laurels of late Bhairon Singh Shekawat.

'''Fighting insurgents'''

The ABVP moved him to J&K in 1991, when there were pressing demands due to insurgency. He rallied the youth against fundamentalist forces, despite threats to his life from jihadists.

===Swadeshi Jagaran Manch===
He assisted RSS leaders [[Dattopant Thengadi]], Madan Das and [[S Gurumurthy]] in floating [[Swadeshi Jagaran Manch]], a movement to protect Indian rural economy against the onslaught of globalisation.<ref name="deccanchronicle1"/><ref>[https://archive.is/20130731103624/http://bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=436&Itemid=683]</ref>

===Bharatiya Janata Party===
Muralidhar Rao joined BJP in January 2009 as attaché to the then president Rajnath Singh. In 2010, he was made national secretary by Nitin Gadkari. Appointed one of the BJP general secretaries on 1 March 2013. Muralidhar Rao was also in contention for the post of the BJP President, after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw Rajnath Singh becoming the Union Home Minister. In [[2019 Indian general election in Telangana|2019]] he played crucial role for the BJP.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/murali-may-get-head-bjp-telangana|title =Murali may get to head BJP in Telangana|publisher =The Sunday Guardian|date =August 3, 2019|website =sundayguardianlive.com |author =S. Rama Krishna|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/121219/trs-bjps-main-rival-in-telangana-p-muralidhar-rao.html|title =TRS, BJP’s main rival in Telangana: P Muralidhar Rao|publisher =Deccan Chronicle|date = December 12, 2019|website =deccanchronicle.com|accessdate =18 May 2020}}</ref>

; Positions held
*2009: Attaché to Rajnath Singh, BJP President.
*2010: National secretary, [[BJP]]
*2013: National General-Secretary, [[BJP]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://muralidharrao.in/}}

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[[Category:People from Karimnagar district]]

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