Bhupathiraju_Vijayakumar_Raju

Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju

Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju

Indian politician and industrialist

Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju (Telugu: భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు) (born 17 September 1936) 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.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Preceded by ...

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][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Partywise Comparison http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp10.htm
  2. [2]
    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.doc
  3. [3]
    "Members Bioprofile - BHUPATHIRAJU, SHRI VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU". loksabha. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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