Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy

Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byBalka Suman
ConstituencyChennuru
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009 - 2014
Preceded byGaddam Venkatswamy
Succeeded byBalka Suman
ConstituencyPeddapalli
Personal details
Born(1954-11-30)30 November 1954
Hyderabad[1]
Political partyIndian National Congress (2023-present)
SpouseSaroja
RelationsGaddam Vinod Kumar (brother)
ChildrenVritika, Vamsi Gaddam, Vaishnavi, Venkat
Parent(s)Gaddam Venkatswamy (father), Kalavathi (mother)
ResidenceHyderabad

Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy also known as Gaddam Vivekanand, is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and former Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha. He represented Peddapalli parliamentary constituency.[2]

During November 2023, Vivek Venkataswamy officially stepped down from the BJP and rejoined the Congress party, along with his son Vamsi, during Rahul Gandhi's visit to Hyderabad.[3][4] Earlier on 9 August 2019, he joined in Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6]

  1. ^ Loksabha (2021). "Dr. Gaddam Vivekanand". Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ Congress MPs fight over Group-I exams. Deccan Chronicle, 7 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Vivek Venkataswamy: భాజపాకు షాక్‌.. మాజీ ఎంపీ వివేక్‌ రాజీనామా". EENADU (in Telugu). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "G Vivek Venkataswamy quits BJP, joins Congress in Rahul's presence". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Denied ticket, G Vivekanand attacks KCR, TRS MLA hits back". Times of India. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Ex-MP G Vivekanand joins BJP, slams KCR as 'dictator'". Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2020.