| Name(s) |
MUPPAVARAPU
VENKAIAH NAIDU (M. Venkaiah Naidu) |
| Date of
Birth |
July 01, 1949 |
|
Identity |
Indian Politician |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1973–74 : President, Students
Union, Andhra University
- 1974 : Convener, Lok Nayak Jai
Prakash Narayan Yuvajana Chhatra Sangharsha Samiti,
Andhra Pradesh
- 1977–80 : President, Youth Wing
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)
- September 30, 2000 to July 01, 2002 :
Minister of Rural Development, Government
of India
- July 01, 2002: Became
National President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
- January 28, 2004: He was
elected as National President of BJP unopposed for
a full 3-year term.
- October 18, 2004: He resigned from the
post of National President of BJP amd was succeeded by
L.K. Advani.
- April 2005 onwards : National
Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
- May 26, 2014: Union minister
of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
and Parliamentary Affairs.
- May 29, 2016: Nominated by the
BJP for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on
June 11, 2016, as a candidate from Rajasthan.
- June 11, 2016: Elected
as Rajya Sabha Member from Rajasthan.
-
August 05, 2017: On this day, he was
elected as Vice President of India, fetching 516 votes; he defeated
Gopalkrishna Gandhi who mustered only 244 votes.
-
August 11, 2017:
On this day, he took oath and took over
as the Vice President of India; he will
also act as the Chairman of the Upper
House of the Indian Parliament (Rajya
Sabha).
-
November 17, 2017:
India's Vice
President, M. Venkaiah Naidu said "India
can’t be developed if there are glaring
inequalities based on caste, creed,
religion and sex". See full text of his
speech at
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=173636
.
-
November 25, 2017:
While inaugurating
All India Gandhian Constructive Workers
Conference as Vice Pesident of
India, he said "Fruits of economic
development must reach poorest of the
poor".
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Other Events &
Developments |
He is also involved with the
Swarna Bharath Trust, a social
service organisation founded by
him in Nellore. The trust runs
a school for poor, orphaned
and special-needs children and imparts
self-employment training
programmes especially for women and
youth. |
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