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, 1991-94 |
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| Preceded by | Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Succeeded by | Kothapalli Subbarayudu |
| Constituency | Narasapur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1967 -72, 1972 - 77 |
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| Preceded by | Nachu Venkata Ramayya |
| Succeeded by | Kalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju |
| Constituency | Bhimavaram |
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| Born |
17 September 1936 West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 20 November 1994 (aged 58) |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse | Kantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954) |
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| 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
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).
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.