Bengaluru, Mar 20(UNI) Dattatreya Hosabale, who hails from Karnataka, was on Saturday elected as the Sar Karyavah (General Secretary) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP’s ideological parent.
Hosabale is now second in the RSS hierarchy after Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat.
His elevation was confirmed at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision-making body of the RSS. Hosabale, who was the Shah Sarkaryavah since 2009, replaces Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi.