Name Bhupathiraju Raju Constituency Narasapur Role Politician | Party Telugu Desam Party Constituency Bhimavaram | |
Preceded by Subhash Chandra Bose Alluri Succeeded by Kalidindi Vijay Kumar Raju | ||
Succeeded by Kothapalli Subbarayudu Preceded by Nachu Venkata Ramayya | ||
Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju (Telugu: భూపతిరాజు విజయకుమార్ రాజు) 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.