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[[File:Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi on May 28, 2014.jpg|thumb|Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi on 28 May 2014]] | [[File:Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi on May 28, 2014.jpg|thumb|Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi on 28 May 2014]] | ||
After serving in various organisational posts of the BJP at the state and national level, he was elected as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Karnataka]] in 1998.<ref name=mvn11>{{cite web|title=Venkaiah Naidu files papers for Rajya Sabha|url=http://m.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/16karna.htm|work=Rediff.com|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518205300/http://m.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/16karna.htm|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2010, from Karnataka.<ref name="mvn 8">{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu among 10 elected to Rajya Sabha|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/29/stories/2004062906581100.htm|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304030500/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/29/stories/2004062906581100.htm|archive-date=4 March 2006|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=mvn10>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha elections: Mallya, Venkaiah, Paswan, Rudy win|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajya-sabha-elections-mallya-venkaiah-paswan-rudy-win-32350|publisher=NDTV|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518190148/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajya-sabha-elections-mallya-venkaiah-paswan-rudy-win-32350|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | After serving in various organisational posts of the BJP at the state and national level, he was elected as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Karnataka]] in 1998.<ref name=mvn11>{{cite web|title=Venkaiah Naidu files papers for Rajya Sabha|url=http://m.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/16karna.htm|work=Rediff.com|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518205300/http://m.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/16karna.htm|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2010, from Karnataka.<ref name="mvn 8">{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu among 10 elected to Rajya Sabha|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/29/stories/2004062906581100.htm|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304030500/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/29/stories/2004062906581100.htm|archive-date=4 March 2006|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=mvn10>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha elections: Mallya, Venkaiah, Paswan, Rudy win|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajya-sabha-elections-mallya-venkaiah-paswan-rudy-win-32350|publisher=NDTV|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518190148/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajya-sabha-elections-mallya-venkaiah-paswan-rudy-win-32350|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He served as the party spokesperson from 1996 to 2000, bringing to the job his panache for quirky alliterations and similes. Unlike most politicians from southern India, Naidu made an effort to master Hindi, going on to address public rallies in northern India. | ||
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