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	'''Pramod Muthalik''' (born 1963) is the chief of the [[Rashtriya Hindu Sena]], the parent organisation of the [[Sri Ram Sena]].<ref name="riot">{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143610/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Mutalik's long history of running riot \| date=29 January 2009}}</ref>		'''Pramod Muthalik''' (born 1963) is the chief of the [[Rashtriya Hindu Sena]], the parent organisation of the [[Sri Ram Sena]].<ref name="riot">{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143610/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Mutalik's long history of running riot \| date=29 January 2009}}</ref>

	A [[Bajrang Dal]] member in his early life, he formed the [[Karnataka]] unit of the [[Shiv Sena]] after being expelled from [[Bajrang Dal]]. He quit Shiv Sena over the [[Belgaum border dispute]], and then formed Sri Ram Sena. He gained media attention when around 40 activists of the Ram Sena barged into a Mangalore pub and [[2009 Mangalore pub attack\|attacked]] young men and women, insisting that these people were violating the traditional Indian values. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore, following which he campaigned against the party in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 Lok Sabha elections]]. In March 2014, he joined the [[Karnataka]] unit of BJP, but was forced to quit within hours due to widespread criticism and protests from other members. He contested the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] as an Independent Candidate from [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bangalore South]] and [[Dharwad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dharwad]] constituencies in Karnataka, but lost both.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sri Rama Sena chief Pramod Muthalik to contest against BJP in LS Polls\|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/sri-rama-sena-chief-pramod-muthalik-to-contest-against-bjp-in-ls-polls/\|work=IANS\|publisher=news.biharprabha.com\|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2014-09-03 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903143801/http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka \|archive-date=2014-09-03 }}</ref>		A [[Bajrang Dal]] member in his early life, he formed the [[Karnataka]] unit of the [[Shiv Sena]] after being expelled from Bajrang Dal. He quit Shiv Sena over the [[Belgaum border dispute]], and then formed Sri Ram Sena. He gained media attention when around 40 activists of the Ram Sena barged into a Mangalore pub and [[2009 Mangalore pub attack\|attacked]] young men and women, insisting that these people were violating the traditional Indian values. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore, following which he campaigned against the party in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 Lok Sabha elections]]. In March 2014, he joined the [[Karnataka]] unit of BJP, but was forced to quit within hours due to widespread criticism and protests from other members. He contested the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] as an Independent Candidate from [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bangalore South]] and [[Dharwad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dharwad]] constituencies in Karnataka, but lost both.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sri Rama Sena chief Pramod Muthalik to contest against BJP in LS Polls\|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/sri-rama-sena-chief-pramod-muthalik-to-contest-against-bjp-in-ls-polls/\|work=IANS\|publisher=news.biharprabha.com\|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2014-09-03 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903143801/http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka \|archive-date=2014-09-03 }}</ref>

	== Hindutva activism ==		== Hindutva activism ==
	Pramod Muthalik was born in 1963 to a [[Brahmin]] family{{cn\|date=November 2017}} in [[Hukkeri]] in the [[Belgaum]] district of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="shivsena-thehindu">{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201062149/http://hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=1 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Pramod Mutalik to join Shiv Sena today \| date=28 August 2005}}</ref><ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090212111632/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=68eb2a67-648e-41aa-a78d-5e79ddce11b8&ParentID=0e8f2b1e-500c-4b17-9fae-fab970821f6e&&Headline=A+fast+mover%2C+peddling+his+brand+of+Hindutva A fast mover, peddling his brand of Hindutva], Hindustan Times</ref> He joined the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh\|RSS]] in 1975. In 2004, he became the convenor for [[South India]] for the [[Bajrang Dal]].		Pramod Muthalik was born in 1963 to a [[Brahmin]] family{{citation needed\|date=November 2017}} in [[Hukkeri]] in the [[Belgaum]] district of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="shivsena-thehindu">{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201062149/http://hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=1 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Pramod Mutalik to join Shiv Sena today \| date=28 August 2005}}</ref><ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090212111632/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=68eb2a67-648e-41aa-a78d-5e79ddce11b8&ParentID=0e8f2b1e-500c-4b17-9fae-fab970821f6e&&Headline=A+fast+mover%2C+peddling+his+brand+of+Hindutva A fast mover, peddling his brand of Hindutva], Hindustan Times</ref> He joined the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh\|RSS]] in 1975. In 2004, he became the convenor for [[South India]] for the [[Bajrang Dal]].

	The cases are relating to making inflammatory speeches, inciting hatred between religious groups, conducting training with intent to carry out violence. Pramod Multhalik has over 45 cases pending against him, and is wanted by the police in 11 districts of [[Karnataka]]. Most of these cases are still under investigation and relate to subversive activities, defiling religious books, unlawful assembly, violating prohibitory orders, and evading judicial warrants. Most were filed between the years 2000 and 2008~~.<ref name="riot"/> A look at the [[chargesheet]] makes it clear that he has never been arrested for any of these cases~~.<ref name="times_now">{{cite web\|url=http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913\|title=Excl: Muthalik's criminal history exposed\|date=2009-01-28 <!-- 4:36:48 PM -->\|publisher=TimesNow.tv\|access-date=2009-01-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212121338/http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913\|archive-date=12 February 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/20togadia.htm\|title=Criminal case filed against Togadia\|date=21 February 2003\|work=Rediff.com\|access-date=2009-01-29}}</ref> On 19 February 2000, Muthalik spoke at Malebennur in Harihar taluk of [[Davanagere]] district. He remarked at minority communities and questioned their loyalty to the nation. The Harihar police filed a case under Section 153A of the [[Indian Penal Code]]. Two years later, the district magistrate banned his entry into Malebennur and surrounding areas.<ref name="riot"/> On 10 January 2002, he was banned from entering the [[Bailhongal]] [[taluk]] in relation to communal incidents in [[Kittur]]. The ban also included fellow [[Bajrang Dal]] leaders Vilas Pawar and Manoj Hanagal.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023030928/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=3 Bajrang Dal leaders banned from Bailhongal \| date=12 January 2002}}</ref>		The cases are relating to making inflammatory speeches, inciting hatred between religious groups, conducting training with intent to carry out violence. Pramod Multhalik has over 45 cases pending against him, and is wanted by the police in 11 districts of [[Karnataka]]. Most of these cases are still under investigation and relate to subversive activities, defiling religious books, unlawful assembly, violating prohibitory orders, and evading judicial warrants. Most were filed between the years 2000 and 2008.<ref name="times_now">{{cite web\|url=http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913\|title=Excl: Muthalik's criminal history exposed\|date=2009-01-28 <!-- 4:36:48 PM -->\|publisher=TimesNow.tv\|access-date=2009-01-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212121338/http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913\|archive-date=12 February 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/20togadia.htm\|title=Criminal case filed against Togadia\|date=21 February 2003\|work=Rediff.com\|access-date=2009-01-29}}</ref> On 19 February 2000, Muthalik spoke at Malebennur in Harihar taluk of [[Davanagere]] district. He remarked at minority communities and questioned their loyalty to the nation. The Harihar police filed a case under Section 153A of the [[Indian Penal Code]]. Two years later, the district magistrate banned his entry into Malebennur and surrounding areas.<ref name="riot"/> On 10 January 2002, he was banned from entering the [[Bailhongal]] [[taluk]] in relation to communal incidents in [[Kittur]]. The ban also included fellow [[Bajrang Dal]] leaders Vilas Pawar and Manoj Hanagal.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023030928/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=3 Bajrang Dal leaders banned from Bailhongal \| date=12 January 2002}}</ref>

	Muthalik is an admirer of [[Nathuram Godse]], who assassinated [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and regularly attends an annual function in Pune to mark the death anniversary of Godse.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler" />		Muthalik is an admirer of [[Nathuram Godse]], who assassinated [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and regularly attends an annual function in Pune to mark the death anniversary of Godse.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler" />

			In 2022, he called for the economic boycott of Muslims following the [[2022 Karnataka hijab row]].<ref>{{Cite news \|others=Special Correspondent \|date=2022-03-24 \|title=Sri Ram Sene plans economic boycott of Muslims \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sri-ram-sene-plans-economic-boycott-of-muslims/article65255114.ece \|access-date=2022-03-31 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== Shiv Sena ==		== Shiv Sena ==

	In 2005, Muthalik was expelled from Bajrang Dal. Subsequently, in August 2005, he set up the [[Shiv Sena]]'s Karnataka unit, stating that he wanted a political platform to advance the objectives of [[Hindutva]]. He was accompanied by the former district president of the Bajrang Dal for Belgaum, Vilas Pawar, and some 5,000 workers belonging to the Bajrang Dal, the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. This marked the formation of the Shiv Sena in Karnataka.<ref name="shivsena-thehindu"/> Muthalik quit the Sena in 2006 after the party revived its demand for the merger of the Marathi speaking areas like Belgaum with Maharashtra.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler"/> He then formed the Rashtriya Hindu Sena.<ref name="WhatIsSriRamSena">[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 NDTV.com: What is Sri Ram Sena?<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131013606/http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 \|date=2009-01-31 }}</ref>		In 2005, Muthalik was expelled from Bajrang Dal. Subsequently, in August 2005, he set up the [[Shiv Sena]]'s Karnataka unit, stating that he wanted a political platform to advance the objectives of [[Hindutva]]. He was accompanied by the former district president of the Bajrang Dal for Belgaum, Vilas Pawar, and some 5,000 workers belonging to the Bajrang Dal, the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. This marked the formation of the Shiv Sena in Karnataka.<ref name="shivsena-thehindu"/> Muthalik quit the Sena in 2006 after the party revived its demand for the merger of the supposed claimed Marathi speaking areas in Karnataka like those in Belgaum, Uttara Kannada and Bidar district with Maharashtra.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler"/> He then formed the Rashtriya Hindu Sena.<ref name="WhatIsSriRamSena">[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 NDTV.com: What is Sri Ram Sena?<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131013606/http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 \|date=2009-01-31 }}</ref>

	== Sri Ram Sena ==		== Sri Ram Sena ==
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	Following the attack, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore. In response, he campaigned against BJP in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 Lok Sabha elections]], calling it "corrupt and anti-Hindu", but refused to contest the polls himself.<ref name="Telegraph_2009_banished"/>		Following the attack, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore. In response, he campaigned against BJP in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 Lok Sabha elections]], calling it "corrupt and anti-Hindu", but refused to contest the polls himself.<ref name="Telegraph_2009_banished"/>

	In 2014, he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) Karnataka state unit, but was forced to exit in hours after protests from other members.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/controversial-muthalik-forced-to-exit-bjp-in-hours-499103?pfrom=home-lateststories \| title = Controversial Muthalik forced to exit BJP in hours \| date = 2014-03-23 \| author = Abhinav Bhatt \| publisher = NDTV }}</ref> After Goa's Chief Minister [[Manohar Parrikar]] banned his entry to the state, he said "BJP has become a Bharatiya Jesus Party".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140829092247/https://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=506251</ref>		In 2014, he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) Karnataka state unit, but was forced to exit in hours after protests from other members.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/controversial-muthalik-forced-to-exit-bjp-in-hours-499103?pfrom=home-lateststories \| title = Controversial Muthalik forced to exit BJP in hours \| date = 2014-03-23 \| author = Abhinav Bhatt \| publisher = NDTV }}</ref> After Goa's Chief Minister [[Manohar Parrikar]] banned his entry to the state, he said "BJP has become a Bharatiya Jesus Party".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=506251 \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.mangalorean.com \|access-date=12 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829092247/https://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=506251 \|archive-date=29 August 2014 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	In 2018, he along with 24 others were acquitted by the court from the charges related to [[2009 Mangalore pub attack]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=9 Years After Mangaluru Pub Attack, Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik, 24 Others Acquitted\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/9-years-after-mangaluru-pub-attack-sri-ram-sene-chief-pramod-muthalik-24-others-/309444\|date=2018-03-13}}</ref>		In 2018, he along with 24 others were acquitted by the court from the charges related to [[2009 Mangalore pub attack]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=9 Years After Mangaluru Pub Attack, Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik, 24 Others Acquitted\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/9-years-after-mangaluru-pub-attack-sri-ram-sene-chief-pramod-muthalik-24-others-/309444\|date=2018-03-13}}</ref>

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'''Pramod Muthalik''' (born 1963) is the chief of the [[Rashtriya Hindu Sena]], the parent organisation of the [[Sri Ram Sena]].<ref name="riot">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143610/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-29/bangalore/28002987_1_rashtriya-hindu-sena-pramod-mutalik-harihar | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 October 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Mutalik's long history of running riot | date=29 January 2009}}</ref>

A [[Bajrang Dal]] member in his early life, he formed the [[Karnataka]] unit of the [[Shiv Sena]] after being expelled from [[Bajrang Dal]]. He quit Shiv Sena over the [[Belgaum border dispute]], and then formed Sri Ram Sena. He gained media attention when around 40 activists of the Ram Sena barged into a Mangalore pub and [[2009 Mangalore pub attack|attacked]] young men and women, insisting that these people were violating the traditional Indian values. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore, following which he campaigned against the party in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha elections]]. In March 2014, he joined the [[Karnataka]] unit of BJP, but was forced to quit within hours due to widespread criticism and protests from other members. He contested the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] as an Independent Candidate from [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore South]] and [[Dharwad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharwad]] constituencies in Karnataka, but lost both.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Rama Sena chief Pramod Muthalik to contest against BJP in LS Polls|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/sri-rama-sena-chief-pramod-muthalik-to-contest-against-bjp-in-ls-polls/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903143801/http://www.thenewsminute.com/stories/27%20Congress%20candidates%20are%20billionaires%20in%20Karnataka |archive-date=2014-09-03 }}</ref>

== Hindutva activism ==
Pramod Muthalik was born in 1963 to a [[Brahmin]] family{{cn|date=November 2017}} in [[Hukkeri]] in the [[Belgaum]] district of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="shivsena-thehindu">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201062149/http://hindu.com/2005/08/28/stories/2005082801590300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 February 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Pramod Mutalik to join Shiv Sena today | date=28 August 2005}}</ref><ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090212111632/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=68eb2a67-648e-41aa-a78d-5e79ddce11b8&ParentID=0e8f2b1e-500c-4b17-9fae-fab970821f6e&&Headline=A+fast+mover%2C+peddling+his+brand+of+Hindutva A fast mover, peddling his brand of Hindutva], Hindustan Times</ref> He joined the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] in 1975. In 2004, he became the convenor for [[South India]] for the [[Bajrang Dal]].

The cases are relating to making inflammatory speeches, inciting hatred between religious groups, conducting training with intent to carry out violence. Pramod Multhalik has over 45 cases pending against him, and is wanted by the police in 11 districts of [[Karnataka]]. Most of these cases are still under investigation and relate to subversive activities, defiling religious books, unlawful assembly, violating prohibitory orders, and evading judicial warrants. Most were filed between the years 2000 and 2008.<ref name="riot"/> A look at the [[chargesheet]] makes it clear that he has never been arrested for any of these cases.<ref name="times_now">{{cite web|url=http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913|title=Excl: Muthalik's criminal history exposed|date=2009-01-28 |publisher=TimesNow.tv|access-date=2009-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212121338/http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=27913|archive-date=12 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/20togadia.htm|title=Criminal case filed against Togadia|date=21 February 2003|work=Rediff.com|access-date=2009-01-29}}</ref> On 19 February 2000, Muthalik spoke at Malebennur in Harihar taluk of [[Davanagere]] district. He remarked at minority communities and questioned their loyalty to the nation. The Harihar police filed a case under Section 153A of the [[Indian Penal Code]]. Two years later, the district magistrate banned his entry into Malebennur and surrounding areas.<ref name="riot"/> On 10 January 2002, he was banned from entering the [[Bailhongal]] [[taluk]] in relation to communal incidents in [[Kittur]]. The ban also included fellow [[Bajrang Dal]] leaders Vilas Pawar and Manoj Hanagal.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023030928/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-12/bangalore/27119437_1_bajrang-dal-leaders-communal-clash-communal-harmony | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 October 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=3 Bajrang Dal leaders banned from Bailhongal | date=12 January 2002}}</ref>

Muthalik is an admirer of [[Nathuram Godse]], who assassinated [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and regularly attends an annual function in Pune to mark the death anniversary of Godse.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler" />

== Shiv Sena ==

In 2005, Muthalik was expelled from Bajrang Dal. Subsequently, in August 2005, he set up the [[Shiv Sena]]'s Karnataka unit, stating that he wanted a political platform to advance the objectives of [[Hindutva]]. He was accompanied by the former district president of the Bajrang Dal for Belgaum, Vilas Pawar, and some 5,000 workers belonging to the Bajrang Dal, the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. This marked the formation of the Shiv Sena in Karnataka.<ref name="shivsena-thehindu"/> Muthalik quit the Sena in 2006 after the party revived its demand for the merger of the Marathi speaking areas like Belgaum with Maharashtra.<ref name="HT-hindutvapeddler"/> He then formed the Rashtriya Hindu Sena.<ref name="WhatIsSriRamSena">[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 NDTV.com: What is Sri Ram Sena?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131013606/http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081485 |date=2009-01-31 }}</ref>

== Sri Ram Sena ==

After quitting [[Shiv Sena]], Muthalik established Sri Ram Sena in 2006.<ref name="Telegraph_2009_banished">{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090317/jsp/nation/story_10679700.jsp | title = Banished, Ram Sena chief slams BJP | date = 2009-03-17 | newspaper = The Telegraph }}</ref> In 2009, the Ram Sena men led an [[2009 Mangalore pub attack|attack on a Mangalore pub]], where women were beaten. Muthalik defended the attack saying that girls going to pub was against Indian culture.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://world.rediff.com/news/article/www/news/2009/feb/02-why-are-women-always-the-target.htm | title=Why are women always the target of these social disciplinarians? | date=2 February 2009 | publisher=Rediff | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> He also questioned the media and the government on their silence on the illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-19/delhi/28048256_1_new-helpline-police-commissioner-gokalpuri | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023093827/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-19/delhi/28048256_1_new-helpline-police-commissioner-gokalpuri | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 October 2012 | first1=Dwaipayan | last1=Ghosh | first2=Medha | last2=Chaturvedi | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=6 Kids Go Missing Every Day In City | date=19 February 2009}}</ref>

Following the attack, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore. In response, he campaigned against BJP in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha elections]], calling it "corrupt and anti-Hindu", but refused to contest the polls himself.<ref name="Telegraph_2009_banished"/>

In 2014, he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) Karnataka state unit, but was forced to exit in hours after protests from other members.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/controversial-muthalik-forced-to-exit-bjp-in-hours-499103?pfrom=home-lateststories | title = Controversial Muthalik forced to exit BJP in hours | date = 2014-03-23 | author = Abhinav Bhatt | publisher = NDTV }}</ref> After Goa's Chief Minister [[Manohar Parrikar]] banned his entry to the state, he said "BJP has become a Bharatiya Jesus Party".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140829092247/https://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=506251</ref>

In 2018, he along with 24 others were acquitted by the court from the charges related to [[2009 Mangalore pub attack]].<ref>{{cite news|title=9 Years After Mangaluru Pub Attack, Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik, 24 Others Acquitted|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/9-years-after-mangaluru-pub-attack-sri-ram-sene-chief-pramod-muthalik-24-others-/309444|date=2018-03-13}}</ref>

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