RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale is likely to become Sangh’s next general secretary. A source in the RSS told The Pioneer that the 60-year-old national joint secretary of Sangh is expected to be made number two of the RSS at the next all-India Pratinidhi Sabha, to be held in Nagpur in March. He will replace Suresh Bhaiya Joshi.
“Datta,” as he is called in the family, hails from from Hosabale of Shimoga, Karnataka, and joined RSS as a swayamsevak. He also served in ABVP — a student wing of the RSS .
Besides Hosabale, late RSS chief KS Sudarshan, Sankal Chand Bagrecha, Mangesh Bhende and HV Sheshadri also hailed from Karnataka.