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Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju

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Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju
భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984 - 1994
Preceded byAlluri Subhash Chandra Bose
Succeeded byKothapalli Subbarayudu
ConstituencyNarasapur
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
1967 - 1977
Preceded byNachu Venkata Ramayya
Succeeded byKalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju
ConstituencyBhimavaram
Personal details
Born(1936-09-17)17 September 1936
West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Died20 November 1994(1994-11-20) (aged 58)
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
SpouseKantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954)
Parent
  • Subba Tata Raju (father)
Residence(s)Sree Rama Puram, Bhimavaram
As of Apr, 2014

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.

Political career

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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

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  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
  3. ^ "Members Bioprofile - BHUPATHIRAJU, SHRI VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU". loksabha. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

See also

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