.svg)
Ram Madhav
  Thank you for being part of the Bharatpedia family! 0% transparency: ₹0 raised out of ₹100,000 (0 supporter) |
Ram Madhav | |
|---|---|
 | |
| National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 2014–2020 | |
| President | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Varanasi Ram Madhav[1] 22 August 1964 Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alma mater | University of Mysore |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | rammadhav |
Varanasi Ram Madhav (born 22 August 1964) is an Indian politician who served as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3] He was a member of the National Executive of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and has authored few books. His latest is Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after Fifty Years of the War.[4][5][6]
Early life[edit]
Madhav was born in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on 22 August 1964.[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 of Mysore, Karnataka.[8]
Political career[edit]
Madhav's association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh began as a teenager. He volunteered to be a full-time worker for RSS in 1981. He was assigned to several key positions in the organization.[9]
He has also been the editor of Bharatiya Pragna, a monthly magazine in English published by Pragna Bharati,[8] and associate editor of Jagriti, a Telugu weekly.[10] He worked as a journalist for over 20 years with RSS sponsored publications and has authored more than twelve books. He serves as the Member of the Board of Governors of India Foundation, a New Delhi-based think-tank focused on the issues, challenges and opportunities of the Indian polity.[11] He is also a mentor at Vision India Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank working on public leadership amongst youth[12][13]
He served as the national spokesperson of the RSS from 2003 to 2014. Madhav was seconded to the BJP and appointed as one of its national general secretaries in 2014.[9]
 Shri Ram Madhav joins BJP in the presence of BJP President Shri Amit Shah - 10th July 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party on YouTube |
As a General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he is credited for the rise of the party in North East India and stitching alliance with regional parties.[14]
Personal views[edit]
Foreign policy[edit]
He has called for India to take a more "proactive role in the region” in order to check China's One Belt One Road Initiative.[15] He was involved in the BJP's entry to the International Democrat Union, a worldwide grouping of right of centre political parties.[16]
Reception[edit]
British anchor Mehdi Hasan's interview[edit]
On the talk show called Head to Head in Al Jazeera, a Qatari news channel, anchored by Mehdi Hasan on Hindu Nationalism,[17] Ram Madhav's statement on 'your' ISIS[18] to the British anchor with an explanation later published in Indian Express calling it just a slip of tongue [19] After the show, the anchor Mehdi Hasan stated that he was being called as ISIS supporter since then by internet trolls.[20]
Books[edit]
- Uneasy neighbours : India and China after 50 years of the war, New Delhi : Har-Anand Publications, 2014, 256 p
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kakinada: Leaders Await Results for Strengthening Party". Deccan Chronicle. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ Administrator. "National Office Bearers". bjp.org.
- ↑ "Amit Shah: Congress will have to give ads to find candidates". IndiaToday.in. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ram Madhav on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ "Ram Madhav's new book "Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after Fifty Years of the War"". samvada.org. 20 February 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About". rammadhav.in.
- ↑ "Ram Madhav: BJP leader Ram Madhav's mother passes away | India News - Times of India".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Pracharak Is Going Places". outlookindia.com. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "RSS leader Ram Madhav to join BJP". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Ram Madhav is emerging as BJP's firefighter". SundayGuardianLive. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "President for RSS think-tank meet". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Team". 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Policy BootCamp 2019: Sh. Ram Madhav on "Ideas for Transforming India"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
- ↑ SHANKER ARNIMESH (26 September 2019). "Where is Ram Madhav — the RSS pracharak who was Modi's Man Friday not long ago". theprint.in. ThePrint. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ↑ "India needs to focus eastward: Ram Madhav". The Hindu. 17 January 2018.
The BJP leader also called for support for India's "proactive role in the region", saying New Delhi would not be a "spectator" as China pushed its Belt and Road initiative forward. He called the project a "Neo-Marshall plan" in a veiled reference to the carving up of post-war Europe as akin to Chinese infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa.
- ↑ Gyan Varma (27 February 2016). "BJP joins International Democratic Union". livemint.com. Live Mint. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ Jazeera, Al (7 June 2016). "Transcript: Ram Madhav on Hindu nationalism". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ FP Staff (28 December 2015). "We'll worry about Kashmir, you worry about 'your' ISIS: BJP's Ram Madhav tells Al Jazeera journo". Firstpost. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ Singh, Sarabjeet (2 January 2016). "Why I think Mehdi Hasan's interview with Ram Madhav was flirting with bias". DailyO. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ Web Desk, Express (28 December 2015). "After Ram Madhav interview, talk show host writes: 'Hindu nationalist trolls' tried to paint me as ISIS supporter". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
Further reading[edit]
- Prashant Jha (16 October 2013). "Sangh's flexibility mantra to rope in youth". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2014.