B. V. Raghavulu: Difference between revisions

B.V. Raghavulu was the State Secretary of the last unified [[Andhra Pradesh]] State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], till its bifurcation in March 2014 following the bifurcation of the state. He is also a [[Politburo]] member of that party.

[[CPI (M)]] State Secretary B V Raghavulu was born to Venkata Subbaiah and Punnamma couple in Pedamopadu village in [[Prakasam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Raghavulu completed his schooling.  Later, he joined [[Andhra Christian College]] in [[Guntur]] for his intermediate education.  Then, he went to [[Bapatla]] and joined [[Bachelor of Science]] at the Bapatla Agricultural College.  For various reasons, he was compelled to drop out of the course. Afterwards, he joined [[Kavali]] College for Bachelor of Arts course. When he was pursuing his final year course of graduation, emergency was declared in the country. After appearing for the final examinations, he left for [[Nellore]] as a full-time activist of the party.

During the emergency period, many top leaders of the party were either arrested or went underground themselves. This gave an opportunity to Raghavulu to manage the party office at his best. <br />The party later, during emergency period itself, sent him to [[Visakhapatnam]]. There he founded the student movement. While he was at [[Visakhapatnam]], he completed a diploma in [[English language|English]] and enrolled for [[Master of Arts]] in history. Up to December 1981, he was the office bearer for [[Students Federation of India]]. <br />Completing his M.A. in distinction, he pursued a research in [[economics]] as scholar. Meanwhile, party secretary of the [[Visakhapatnam]] unit expired succumbing to ill health. Very shortly after his death, the new secretary died in a road accident. It turned on Raghavulu to take over as secretary checking his research. In 1994 he was elected as state secretary of the [[Centre for Indian Trade Unions]] ([[Centre of Indian Trade Unions|CITU]]). <br />At the state conference of the party in December 1997 in Nalgonda, Raghavulu was elected as the state secretary of the party, and remained in that office till March 2014, when two committees were formed for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, following the decision of bifurcation of the state.