Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju

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.

Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు
Member of Parliament
In office
1984-89, 1989-91, 1991-94
Preceded byAlluri Subhash Chandra Bose
Succeeded byKothapalli Subbarayudu
ConstituencyNarasapur
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1967 -72, 1972 - 77
Preceded byNachu Venkata Ramayya
Succeeded byKalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju
ConstituencyBhimavaram
Personal details
Born (1936-09-17) 17 September 1936
West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Died20-11-1994
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)Kantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954)
FatherSubba Tata Raju
ResidenceSree Rama Puram, Bhimavaram
As of Apr, 2014

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]

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gollark: No, it's improving in some ways but worsening in others.
gollark: Practical clock frequencies might actually be going *down*.
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gollark: Also, batteries were worse, and so was processor energy efficiency IIRC.

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

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