Dattatreya Hosabale elected as new Sarkaryawah (general secretary) of RSS

Gandhinagar: Shri Dattatreya Hosabale is elected as the new Sarkaryawah (general secretary) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The decision was taken in RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prathinidhi Sabha, the annual conclave of top functionaries of the organisation, which is held in Bengaluru on March 19 and 20. Before his election as the Sarkaryawah of RSS, Shri Dattatreya Hisabale was Sah-Sarakaryavaah (Joint General Secretary) of the organisation.

Shri Dattatreya Hosabale was born in Sorab in Shimoga, Karnataka. He is a post-graduate in English literature. He had joined RSS in 1968 and then ABVP in 1972. He became a Pracharak in 1978. During the period of Indian Emergency from 1975 to 1977, he was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and imprisoned for 16 months. He also served as the general secretary for the student organization, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad for 15 years.
 
Shri Dattatreya Hosabale was the Bauddhik Pramukh of RSS from 2003 to 2009 and Sah-Sahkaryavah from 2009.