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Modi critic Sanjay Joshi claims threat to life; writes to Home Ministry | Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Sanjay Joshi has
written a letter to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram that he has received death
threats. Joshi, who resigned from the BJP earlier last month, has also written
to the Delhi Police in this regard and asked for security taking note of his role
in public life. Joshi has in his letter claimed that he has been receiving death
threats from an anonymous caller for the past few weeks. Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi, who has had a bitter rivalry with Joshi for years, was opposed
to his being brought back into the party. Joshi was re-inducted into the BJP in
September last year. Joshi was a long-time member of the Gujarat BJP and was a
member of the BJP national executive until he was forced to resign under pressure
from Modi. A mechanical engineer by training, Joshi was a lecturer in an engineering
college, but he resigned to become a full-time volunteer in the nationalist Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharashtra . Noting his organizational acumen, he
was asked to join the BJP in Gujarat in 1988, where the party was politically
weak. He is known for his good rapport with grass root level workers. Joshi became
a leading figure in BJP politics in Gujarat . From 1988 to 1995, he worked closely
with Narendra Modi as a secretary of the Gujarat BJP. After a revolt by Shankersinh
Vaghela, Modi was shunted out, and BJP won in the subsequent elections in 1998.
Joshi became the general secretary of the BJP in Gujarat . In 1998, when Modi
wished to return to Gujarat , Joshi had opposed the move. However, in 2001, the
Modi faction overturned the leadership of Keshubhai Patel and Modi became the
chief minister. In 2005, Joshi was reportedly involved in a controversial sex
CD, which led to his being removed from all posts in the BJP. However, later it
was found that the CD had been doctored. Nonetheless, Joshi was not reinstated
for six years, primarily due to opposition from the Gujarat faction. However,
in 2011, Gadkari re-appointed Joshi as the coordinator for the BJP in the Uttar
Pradesh assembly polls, and appointed him to the national executive.
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