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Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (born 4 August 1967), popularly known as BJP Varma, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker for more than three decades, he won the Narsapuram Lok Sabha seat in 2024 and was sworn in on 9 June 2024 as Union Minister of State for Steel and for Heavy Industries.

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Native Name :
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Nickname :
Bjp Varma
Born :
04 Aug
Birth Place :
Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation :
Politician (Lok Sabha MP, Narsapuram); Union Minister Of State For Steel And Heavy Industries
Spouse Name :
Bhupathiraju Venkateswari Devi (m. 2003)
Year Active :
1988–present
Party :
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Designation :
MP, Lok Sabha (since 2024); Union MoS, Steel and Heavy Industries
Area :
Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh
Organization :
Government of India
Marital Status:
Married
Zodiac Sign:
Leo
Figure Mesurement:
Indian Rupees
TV Serials:
Na
Religion:
Na
Facebook:
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Twitter:
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Instagram:
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Nationality:
Indian

Career

Party organisation

Varma joined the BJP in 1988. He served as the party's Bhimavaram town president from 1991 to 1997 and twice as West Godavari district president between 2008 and 2014. In 2014 he was elected a councillor of the Bhimavaram municipality, and from 2020 to 2023 he was a state secretary of the Andhra Pradesh BJP. He has also been associated with the DNR educational institutions in Bhimavaram and runs an educational trust that helps poor students.

Parliament and ministry

In the 2024 general election, contested in alliance with the TDP and Jana Sena, he won Narsapuram in his first Lok Sabha contest, defeating YSRCP candidate Guduri Umabala by 2,76,802 votes. He was then appointed Minister of State for Steel and Minister of State for Heavy Industries in the third Modi government.