Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు | |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1936 |
Birth Place: | West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
Residence: | Sree Rama Puram, Bhimavaram |
Constituency: | Narasapur |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term: | 1984 - 1994 |
Predecessor: | Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose |
Successor: | Kothapalli Subbarayudu |
Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
Constituency2: | Bhimavaram |
Office2: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Term2: | 1967 - 1977 |
Predecessor2: | Nachu Venkata Ramayya |
Successor2: | Kalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju |
Party Election: | INC |
Spouse: | Kantha Kamala Kasturi (m. 1954) |
Father: | Subba Tata Raju |
Date: | Apr |
Year: | 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.
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]