Sanjay Joshi

Frequent visits by former BJP general secretary sanjay joshi to Gujarat ahead of the assembly elections in the state have begun to give sleepless nights to some functionaries of the ruling party.

Narendra Modi's bete noire sanjay joshi is coming to Modasa in north Gujarat on Sunday for a lecture on Swami Vivekananda, a day before the chief minister's birthday.

A visit by former BJP state general secretary sanjay joshi sent political circles here into a tizzy.

Former national general secretary of BJP sanjay joshi is coming to Faizabad on Sunday and would leave for Bhopal, stated a press communiqué from the party's state unit.

Mercurial RSS pracharak-turned full-time BJP leader sanjay joshi could well be on a comeback trail in the party where he was forced to keep a low profile for some time after crossing swords with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.

If there is one man in the Sangh Parivar who can take Narendra Modi head on, it’s this banished pracharak. Having lied low after a sex CD stung him in November 2005, sanjay joshi, 43, is being seen as the only fix for Modi.

His silence has confounded his critics as well supporters. For the second consecutive day, sanjay joshi, the controversial RSS man hounded out by Narendra Modi and spurned by the BJP, managed to dodge the media with the ease an attacking footballer.

Posters supporting former BJP leader sanjay joshi surfaced in the North Gujarat area including Mehsana on Wednesday night.

After forcing sanjay joshi out of the BJP national executive, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today ensured that his bete noire is also out of the party.

B S Yeddyurappa’s pressure tactics appear to have worked with the central BJP leadership, which is said to have asked senior party leader sanjay joshi to report whether the former CM should be reinstated.

The function to felicitate RSS pracharak-turned BJP organizer sanjay joshi on his 51st birthday has been cancelled.

More pro-sanjay joshi posters have appeared in Rajkot near the venue where the Gujarat BJP executive is holding its meeting.

BJP leader sanjay joshi's visit to the city and neighbouring areas was a low-key affair through the day on Monday, but things changed to the contrary when he arrived at Vadodara railway station to leave for Delhi.

Chief minister Narendra Modi's bête noire sanjay joshi is on a three-day visit to the state.

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi may have ousted his bete noire sanjay joshi from the BJP but the Sangh Parivar strongman made his presence felt at an RSS event in Dadra & Nagar Haveli on Sund- ay. BJP workers in the region gathered in large numbers to listen to him. Joshi later visited Valsad.

BJP's former national general secretary (organization) sanjay joshi is visiting Ranchi on a two-day visit on August 11.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader sanjay joshi will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Sunday and would be visiting as many as nine assembly constituencies during his brief stay in the state.

Joshi was re-inducted in the party as general secretary in the wake of police exonerating him in sleaze CD controversy.

Chief minister Narendra Modi’s bete noire sanjay joshi will be in Modasa in north Gujarat on Sunday for a lecture on Swami Vivekananda — his first public function in the state after being ousted from the BJP’s national executive in Mumbai in June 2012.

Senior RSS leader sanjay joshi visited the city on Sunday to pay homage to veteran politician Kashiram Rana, who passed away on Friday.Rana was considered to be a close associate of Joshi.

Senior RSS leader sanjay joshi visited the city on Sunday to pay homage to veteran politician Kashiram Rana, who passed away on Friday.

AHMEDABAD: In a move that will have immense implications for the ruling BJP and is bound to please Chief Minister Modi, Gujarat BJP's all-powerful organisation secretary and RSS nominee in the state, sanjay joshi, has been elevated to the post of BJP national general secretary.

City crime branch sleuths have been asked to probe deep and unearth who is behind the recent spate of sidelined BJP leader sanjay joshi's posters surfacing in key constituencies of the city .

As the NDA government completes its first year in office amid a mixed response, words of praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi have come from an unexpected quarters. RSS-groomed BJP leader sanjay joshi, once considered Modi’s rival within the Pariwar, said here on Sunday that given an option he would give “11-on-10” to Prime Minister Modi's governance.

The war over sanjay joshi's posters continues to raise head in the state even after the former BJP leader appealed to his supporters not to engage in such activity.

sanjay joshi on Sunday issued an appeal that no posters hitting out at any BJP leader and depicting his photos should be put up again as it harms the party's image.

For the first since sanjay joshi was reinstated into BJP’s organizational set-up by Nitin Gadkari, a senior leader has admitted that there were serious differences within the party on the decision.