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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Shiv Prakash
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| office = [[General Secretary|Joint National General Secretary (Organisation)]],
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| term_start = July 2014
| president = * [[Amit Shah]]
* [[J. P. Nadda]]
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater = [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/hi/national-general-secretarys}}
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'''Shiv Prakash''' (born 1 August 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Joint National General Secretary (Organization) of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Smriti Kak |date=2023-07-29 |title=JP Nadda rejigs BJP central leadership; Dilip Saikia, CT Ravi among those dropped |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-chief-j-p-nadda-rejigs-party-s-central-leadership-101690611900332.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramaseshan |first=Radhika |date=2016 |title=RSS, BJP and Communal Polarisation in Uttar Pradesh Polls |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44166051 |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=51 |issue=53 |pages=50–53 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref> He was assigned to the party from the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-fuUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA166&dq=shiv+prakash+bjp&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwix8vaxzOGBAxXYxDgGHWjZAbgQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=shiv%20prakash%20bjp&f=false |title=Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy |date=2023-04-11 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=978-0-691-24790-8 |pages=166 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal |date=2021-03-13 |title=The RSS men fostering BJP’s Bengal parivar |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/the-rss-men-fostering-bjps-bengal-parivar-7226005/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Shiv Prakash was born on 1 August 1967, in Birubala, a small village in the [[Moradabad district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He completed his studies at [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

== Career ==

Shiv Prakash started his political career in 1986 as a district-level coordinator of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-30 |title=Double engine! How two RSS workers are helping BJP ace West Bengal Polls |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/double-engine-how-two-rss-workers-are-helping-bjp-ace-west-bengal-polls/2211848/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gautam |first=Shailendra |date=2021-03-13 |title=पश्चिम बंगाल विधानसभा चुनाव: बीजेपी के लिए गुमनाम होकर लड़ रहा आरएसएस का यह सिपाही |trans-title=West Bengal Assembly Elections: This RSS soldier is fighting anonymously for BJP |url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/west-bengal-assembly-elections-this-rss-man-fighting-anonymously-for-bjp/1660314/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Indian Express Limited|Jansatta]] |language=hi}}</ref> In 2008, the RSS gave him the responsibility of [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prabhasakshi |date=2021-03-13 |title=सत्ता में दीदी की वापसी के दरवाजे बंद करने के लिए एक्टिव मोड में संघ का सिपाही |language=hi-IN |trans-title=Sangh soldier in active mode to close the doors of Didi's return to power |work=Prabhasakshi |url=https://www.prabhasakshi.com/national/rss-soldier-in-active-mode-to-close-doors-of-didi-return-to-power |access-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>

In 2014, he was transferred to the BJP to take charge as joint general secretary<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-07 |title=RSS deputes Ram Madhav, Shiv Prakash to BJP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rss-deputes-ram-madhav-shiv-prakash-to-bjp/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-07 |title=Two RSS leaders to join BJP |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-rss-leaders-to-join-bjp/article6187516.ece |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>, soon after overseeing the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 March 2017 |title=Unsung RSS leaders behind BJP's electoral victories |work=[[Business Standard]] |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/unsung-rss-leaders-behind-bjp-s-electoral-victories-117031100806_1.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-fuUEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA166&dq=Shiv+Prakash+BJP&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Shiv%20Prakash%20BJP&f=false |title=Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy |date=2023-04-11 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-24790-8 |pages=166 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pal |first=Sambit |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=03oTEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT139&dq=Shiv+Prakash+BJP&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Shiv%20Prakash%20BJP&f=false |title=The Bengal Conundrum: The Rise of the BJP and the Future of the TMC |date=2021-01-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-93-89812-68-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mondal |first=Dibyendu |date=2021-04-10 |title=RSS work helps build BJP momentum in Bengal polls |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/rss-work-helps-build-bjp-momentum-bengal-polls |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[The Sunday Guardian]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, he came to [[West Bengal]], where he worked at the booth level, learned the Bengali language, and formed party committees at 78,000 booths. The result was that the BJP won an unexpected victory in the state in the [[2019 Lok Sabha election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prakash |first=Surya |title=पर्दे के पीछे रहकर बंगाल में बीजेपी के लिए सालों से जमीन तैयार कर रहा है यह शख्स, बांग्ला भी सीखी |trans-title=This person has been preparing the ground for BJP in Bengal by staying behind the scenes for years, also learned Bengali |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/assembly-elections/bengal-election-2021/story-rss-pracharak-shiv-prakash-is-tha-man-behind-west-bengal-election-strategy-of-bjp-3909646.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref>

Currently, he is responsible for party-related development work in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] and West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vadlapatla |first=Sribala |date=2022-02-28 |title=Shiv Prakash to help BJP in state |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/shiv-prakash-to-help-bjp-in-state/articleshow/89879835.cms |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 December 2020 |title=BJP में संगठनात्मक बदलाव:राष्ट्रीय सह संगठन महामंत्री शिव प्रकाश को MP-CG सहित 6 राज्यों का प्रभार, बेस कैंप रहेगा भोपाल |trans-title=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. |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/news/national-co-organization-general-secretary-shiv-prakash-will-be-in-charge-of-6-states-including-mp-cg-bhopal-will-remain-base-camp-128072290.html}}</ref>

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).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Manish Chandra |date=2023-07-30 |title=BJP’s national team: U.P. gets lion’s share, ex-AMU VC appointed party vice-president |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/bjps-national-team-u-p-gets-lion-s-share-ex-amu-vc-appointed-party-vicepresident-101690710726496.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arnimesh |first=Shanker |date=2021-01-03 |title=Why BJP has 'cut' number of joint general secretaries — RSS men in party — from 4 to 1 |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-bjp-has-cut-number-of-joint-general-secretaries-rss-men-in-party-from-4-to-1/578508/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>

== 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 [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]], then a potential candidate for the position of [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]], and Shiv Prakash, who held the role of in-charge within the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand BJP State Unit]]. The source revealed that Koshyari publicly voiced his discontent during the state executive meeting, where he critiqued Prakash for his alleged authoritative control over the state unit. This led to a verbal altercation between the two.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tiwari |first=Ravish |date=2016-10-15 |title=BS Koshiyari-Shiv Prakash's public feud dims BJP chances in Uttarakhand |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bs-koshiyari-shiv-prakashs-public-feud-dims-bjp-chances-in-uttarakhand/articleshow/54859700.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-08 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

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