 He was Karnataka State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2016.He served in the panel of chairpersons of Lok sabha (2014-2018)

Pralhad Joshi (sometimes spelled Prahlad Joshi) first came to public notice with RSS when they organised a movement to hoist the Tri-colour flag at Idagah Maidan Hubli Karnataka during 1992–1994.Recently the Supreme court has upheld the Karnataka High Court order restoring the ownership of the said maidan to The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal corporation.