C. R. Mukunda
C. R. Mukunda | |
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 C. R. Mukunda in 2025 | |
| Sah-Sarkaryavah of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 |
C. R. Mukunda is a senior functionary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation. He has been one of the organisation's Sah-Sarkaryavahs (joint general secretaries) since 2018.[1][2] He previously served as Akhil Bharatiya Saha-Boudhik Pramukh, the all-India co-incharge of intellectual training.[3]
RSS career
Mukunda is from Bengaluru and has been a full-time worker of the RSS for many years. News18 reported in 2018 that he had earlier served as the organisation's Karnataka state chief and later its South India chief.[1]
He was appointed as a Sah-Sarkaryavah on 11 March 2018 at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) in Nagpur.[1][2]
Following the organisational changes of March 2021, Mukunda was one of five Sah-Sarkaryavahs serving under Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale.[4] By 2025, he was responsible for the RSS's physical (sharirik) and intellectual (bauddhik) departments.[5] He was again among the joint general secretaries in the executive announced after Hosabale's re-election in March 2024,[6] and as of June 2026[update] remained in office.[7]
Public statements
At the ABPS in Bengaluru in March 2025, Mukunda said the RSS favoured the use of the mother tongue in education and everyday communication. On delimitation, he said the RSS had no role in determining the number of parliamentary seats and that the decision rested with the central government. He also criticised attempts to frame disputes over language and delimitation as a North–South divide.[8][9]
Speaking in Mangaluru in June 2026, Mukunda expressed concern about what he called a "demographic imbalance" in India. He said that factors contributing to it included a lower fertility rate within the Hindu population, religious conversion, illegal immigration, particularly from Bangladesh, and population growth among non-Hindu communities.[7]
In a 2026 interview with Deccan Herald, Mukunda said the RSS had expanded its outreach to universities, think tanks and embassies abroad, alongside its existing community engagement.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Satish, D. P. (11 March 2018). "A Kannadiga rises in RSS ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls: Mukund CR appointed joint gen secy". News18. Bengaluru.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Manmohan Vaidya, Mukunda CR appointed new RSS Sah Sarkaryavahs". Hindustan Times. Nagpur. Indo-Asian News Service. 11 March 2018.
- ↑ "21st century leadership should believe in young, creative minds: RSS leader CR Mukunda". The Financial Express. Panaji. Press Trust of India. 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "Hosabale new RSS general secretary, takes over from 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi". The Times of India. 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "RSS turns 100 today: The structure, leadership and growth of Sangh explained". Mint. 2 October 2025.
- ↑ Pandey, Neelam (18 March 2024). "Ex-editor, jailed during Emergency — who is RSS No. 2 Dattatreya Hosabale, re-elected gen secy". ThePrint.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "RSS flags 'demographic imbalance', cites falling fertility and ageing trend". The Times of India. Mangaluru. 21 June 2026.
- ↑ Pathak, Vikas; Tiwary, Deeptiman (21 March 2025). "RSS echoes DMK's delimitation concerns but takes aim at those raising 'North-South divide'". The Indian Express.
- ↑ Mishra, Ishita (21 March 2025). "RSS terms controversies over language, delimitation as politically motivated to 'create North-South divide'". The Hindu.
- ↑ Cherian, Viju (10 May 2026). "West's misreading of RSS is partly ignorance, partly residue of a colonised viewpoint: Mukunda C R". Deccan Herald.
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