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| name = Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju<br />
భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు<br />
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| birth_date ={{birth date|1936|9|17|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[West Godavari]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| residence = Sree Rama Puram, Bhimavaram<br />
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|1994|11|20|1936|9|17}}<br />
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| constituency = [[Narasapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Narasapur]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| term = 1984-89, 1989-91, 1991-94<br />
| predecessor = [[Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose]]<br />
| successor = Kothapalli Subbarayudu<br />
| party =[[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency)|Bhimavaram]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term2 = 1967 -72, 1972 - 77<br />
| predecessor2 = Nachu Venkata Ramayya<br />
| successor2 = Kalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju<br />
| party_election = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| spouse = Kantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954)<br />
| children =<br />
| father =Subba Tata Raju<br />
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| year = 2014 | <br />
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'''Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju''' ({{lang-te|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.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Vijayakumar Raju was a member of [[Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency)|Bhimavaram Assembly Constituency]] in 1967 -72 as Independent and 1972 - 77 from [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]].<br />
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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)|Narasapur Lok Sabha Constituency]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and is a member of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP).<ref>Partywise Comparison http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp10.htm</ref><br />
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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]].<ref>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</ref><ref name="ls1">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile - BHUPATHIRAJU, SHRI VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3474.htm|publisher=loksabha|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:People from West Godavari district]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:1994 deaths]]<br />
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