Venkaiah Naidu

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Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician. He was the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party 2002 to 2004, which is currently the opposition party in the Parliament of India. He resigned on October 18, 2004 later succeeded by L.K. Advani.

Naidu took over as BJP president after Jana Krishnamurthi stepped down in 2002.

Naidu hails from Andhra Pradesh.

On January 28, 2004, He was elected unopposed for a full 3 year term.

On January 29, 2005, his helicopter was set on fire by Maoists during his campaign tour of Gaya, Bihar. At that time, he was addressing an election rally nearby and escaped unhurt. Currently he is the member of Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament)

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