Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju

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Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2024
Education Bachelor of Engineering
ProfessionBusiness
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Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh. He had won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Visakhapatnam North. [1] He has earlier represented Visakhapatnam North in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2014-19. [2]

Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju was actually from Kapavaram Village in West Godavari district. His family had migrated to Visakhapatnam in the 1970s. Vishnu was a state ranker in his school at VT College, Vizag and Topper in Civil Engineering from Andhra University and a Gold Medalist from Andhra University.

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References

  1. "Visakhapatnam North Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024.
  2. "BJP names candidates for 10 Assembly segments". Deccan Chronicle. 27 March 2024.