CPI (M) Andra Pradesh State Secretary

Raghavulu re-elected
Bodapati Veera Raghavulu re-elected as state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) Andra Pradesh. This is his forth consecutive chance. He is also Politburo of CPI (M).

He was born in Pedamopadu village of Prakasham district. After schooling, he joined Andhra Christian College in Guntur for intermediate standard. Then, he went to Bapatla and joined into Bachelor of Science at Bapatla Agricultural College. But he drop out of the course. Then he joined Kavali College for Bachelor of Arts course.

Upto December 1981, he was the office bearer for Student Federation of India (SFI), students wing of CPI (M). He complete Masters of Arts with distinction. Then he joined for a research in economics as scholar. Meanwhile, unfortunately party secretary of the Visakhapatnam unit died. The new elected secretary was dead in a road accident. Raghavulu to turn to take the charge of secretary. In 1994 he was elected as state Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) secretary. At the state conventions of the party in December 1997, Raghavulu was named as state secretary of the party.

Raghavulu married S Punyavathi. She was his co-activist and now vice president of CITU. She is also state president of the All India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA), a women wing of CPI (M).

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