Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju

Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు
Member of Parliament
In office
1984-89, 1989-91, 1991-96
Preceded by Subhash Chandra Bose Alluri
Succeeded by Kothapalli Subbarayudu
Constituency Narasapur
Member of Legislative Assembly
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

  1. Partywise Comparison http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp10.htm
  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.html

See also

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