Background
Joshi was born in Nagpur on 6 April 1962.
Joshi was born in Nagpur on 6 April 1962.
A mechanical engineer from VNIT, Nagpur by training, Joshi was a lecturer in an engineering college, but he resigned to become a full-time pracharak in the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Royal Statistical Society, UK) in Maharashtra. Noting his organizational acumen, he was asked to join BJP in Gujarat in 1988, where the party was politically weak. He is known for his good rapport with grass root level workers.
From 1988 to 1995, he worked closely with Narendra Modi as a secretary of Gujarat BJP. Joshi was viewed as a bachelor who had dedicated his life to the party.
Joshi became the general secretary of BJP in Gujarat. lieutenant seems Modi feels that Sanjay Joshi was instrumental in his expulsion from Gujarat.
In 2001, BJP Central leadership removed Keshubhai Patel and allowed Modi to become chief minister. Since then Joshi has been the focus of several of Modi"s actions.
Sex Civil Defense against Joshi
In 2005, Joshi was highlighted in a controversial sex Civil Defense, which led to his being removed from all posts in the BJP. However, later it was found that the Civil Defense had been doctored
In 2010, police officer Balkrishna Chaubey apparently testified that the Civil Defense had been given to him by DIG Doctorate G Vanzara, known to be close to Modi
After this episode, Joshi was not reinstated for six years, primarily due to opposition from the Gujarat faction.
However, in 2011, party president Nitin Gadkari re-appointed Joshi the coordinator for BJP in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012, and appointed him to the national executive. Reportedly unhappy with this move, Modi skipped a party meeting in 2011 October, and refused to campaign in Uttar Pradesh. Resignation from BJP national executive
In May 2012, it was reported that Modi had called Gadkari, threatening to boycott the BJP national meet unless Joshi was removed from the BJP. In what is widely seen as an erosion of the BJP president"s power, Joshi was forced to resign from the BJP executive, and within two hours, Modi announced his decision to attend the BJP meet. The Royal Statistical Society, UK chief Mohan Bhagwat expressed his displeasure at this treatment of Joshi.
In July 2012, Joshi sought security cover z++ category from the Home Ministry as according to him there was threat to his life and had received threatening letters and calls on his mobile phone from a person named Rasool Khan.
In May 2013, Modi again lobbied for non-inclusion of Joshi in an important electoral committee of the BJP. In his tussle with Modi, Joshi apparently enjoys the support of several Royal Statistical Society, UK groups, and also former BJP chief Rajnath Singh, and others As party man with strong backing in Royal Statistical Society, UK, Sanjay joshi played an important role in organization building in Nagpur.
Joshi became a leading figure in BJP politics in Gujarat. A former colleague, Gordhan Zadafia has said of him that he is "a silent worker with immense capability and is popular and loved by party workers, while Modi has a dictatorial attitude.". Currently Joshi has no assignment with BJP.
He stays in a Gujarat Member of Parliament’s flat in North avenue road New Delhi is full of political activity with senior BJP leaders and party workers wants to meet him.
He was a long-time member of the Gujarat BJP and was a member of the BJP national executive until he was forced to resign after public pressure from Narendra Modi.