Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju

Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byGanta Srinivasa Rao
ConstituencyVisakhapatnam North
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byVijaya Kumar Thynala
Succeeded byGanta Srinivasa Rao
ConstituencyVisakhapatnam North
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePenmetsa Sita Sujatha
Parent
  • P. Satyanarayana Raju (father)
EducationBachelor of Engineering
ProfessionBusiness
Source: [1]

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 from 2014-2019 and worked as BJP's floor leader in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2][3]

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.

  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.
  3. ^ The Economic Times (26 June 2014). "Vishnu Kumar Raju elected as BJP's floor leader in Andhra Pradesh assembly". Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.