| Office | Member of Parliament
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|---|---|
| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly
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| Predecessor | Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Successor | Kothapalli Subbarayudu
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| Constituency | Narasapur
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| Born | 1936-9-17 |
| Born | West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
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| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse | Kantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954)
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Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju (Template:Lang-te) (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).[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
- ↑ Partywise Comparison http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp10.htm
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Members Bioprofile - BHUPATHIRAJU, SHRI VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU. loksabha.