Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju
| Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1984-89, 1989-91, 1991-96 | |
| Preceded by | Subhash Chandra Bose Alluri |
| Succeeded by | Kothapalli Subbarayudu |
| Constituency | Narasapur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1967 -72, 1972 - 77 | |
| Preceded by | Nachu Venkata Ramayya |
| Succeeded by | Kalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju |
| Constituency | Bhimavaram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Religion | Hindu |
| As of Apr, 2014 | |
Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju (Telugu: భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు) was a politician and Industrialist. He was also the founder of Delta Paper Mills established in 1975, situated at Vendra Village, West Godavari Dist., Andhra Pradesh.
Political career
Vijayakumar Raju was a member of Bhimavaram Assembly Constituency in 1967 -72 as Independent and 1972 - 77 from Congress Party.
He was member of the 8th Lok Sabha, 9th Lok Sabha and 10th Lok Sabha of India. He was elected to Lok Sabha consecutively 3 times. He represents the Narasapur Lok Sabha Constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[1]
Bhupatiraju Vijaya Kumar Raju and other TD MPs defied the party whip and voted for P.V.Narasimha Rao to save the minority Congress government in 1992 for a good reason and in the process invited the wrath of N.T.Rama Rao.[2]
References
- ↑ Partywise Comparison http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp10.htm
- ↑ Upendra and five other MPs out of TDP was the trust vote in favour of the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/former-union-minister-p-upendra-passes-away_579530.html