Pramod Muthalik

Pramod Muthalik
Organisation (Sri Rama Sena) head
Born	1963
Other names	Pramod Muthalic
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Founder of Sri Ram Sena, Rashtriya Hindu Sena
Spouse(s)	Never married

Pramod Muthalik (born 1963) is the chief of the Rashtriya Hindu Sena, the parent organisation of the Sri Ram Sena.

A Bajrang Dal member in his early life, he formed the Karnataka unit of the Shiv Sena after being expelled from Bajrang Dal. He quit Shiv Sena over the Belgaum border dispute, and then formed Sri Ram Sena. He gained media attention when around 40 activists of the Ram Sena barged into a Mangalore pub and attacked young men and women, insisting that these people were violating the traditional Indian values. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government banned him from entering Mangalore, following which he campaigned against the party in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. In March 2014, he joined the Karnataka unit of BJP, but was forced to quit within hours due to widespread criticism and protests from other members. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent Candidate from Bangalore South and Dharwad constituencies in Karnataka, but lost both. In August 2014, he famously called the BJP the 'Bharatiya Jesus Party'.

Pramod Muthalik was born in 1963 to a Brahmin family in Hukkeri in the Belgaum district of Karnataka, close to the border with Maharashtra. He joined the RSS in 1975. In 2004, he became the convenor for South India for the Bajrang Dal.