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Mr. Venkaiah Naidu the current vice-president of India (2017 - Till date)

sai reddy
Aug 19, 2017
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Mr.Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an indian politician and current vice president of india since 2017.Naidu also served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.A leader of bharatiya janata party,he also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004.He took oath as Vice-President of India on 11 August 2017 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

He has been interested in politics since childhood. The plight of the common man, poor and the downtrodden are very well understood by Shri Naidu. He has worked hard for the people of his community and launched several schemes and a social service organisation "Swarna Bharath Trust" to serve the poor and the down trodden of his home town Nellore. He works poignantly for the concerns of the common man since his lower class family root enables him to empathies with the common man. During his tenure, he launched many reforms and schemes for the development of the rural classes. One such scheme was 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana'.

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem, in the Nellore district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.He completed schooling from Z.P. High School, Butchireddy palem(Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies from V. R. College. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam.He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined ABVP during his college days.He was elected as the president of the students union of colleges affiliated to the Andhra University. He came into spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While Kakani Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.

In 1974, he became the convener of the anti-corruption Jayaprakash Narayan Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to streets in protest against the emergency and was imprisoned. From 1977–80, he was president of its youth wing.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

He was born to agriculturist parents at Chavatapalem, a remote village in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.On 14th July,1971 Shri. Venkaiah Naidu married Smt. Usha and they are blessed with a daughter and a son.

Father-Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu

Mother-Smt. Ramanamma

Spouse-Smt.usha

Daughter-Deepa venkat

Son-harshvardhan naidu

POLITICAL JOURNEY

1973–74 : President, Students Union, Andhra University
1974 : Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Yuvajana Chatra Sangharsha Samithi, Andhra Pradesh
1977–80 : President, Youth Wings of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
1978–85 : Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh (2 terms)
1980–85 : Leader, B.J.P Legislative Party in Andhra Pradesh
1985–88 : General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.
1988–93 : President, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.
1993–September 2000 : National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party
Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Board
Secretary, B.J.P. Central Election Committee
Spokesperson of the B.J.P.
Since 1998 : Member, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (3 terms)
30 September 2000–1 July 2002 : Minister of Rural Development
1 July 2002–5 October 2004 : National President, Bharatiya Janata Party
Since April 2005: National Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
2014–2017: Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs[20]
2016–2017: Minister of Information and Broadcasting
2017–present: Vice-President of India