Venkaiah Naidu: Difference between revisions

Venkaiah Naidu (edit)

Revision as of 20:47, 23 April 2021

1,411 bytes added , 23 April 2021

add info

WikiJoy

Autopatrolled, Confirmed users

746

edits

@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 After the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] victory in the 1999 general elections, he became the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the government headed by Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].<ref name=mvn1>{{cite news|title=Party man Venkaiah Naidu makes debut in government|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/sep/30cab2.htm|newspaper=Rediff.com|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154541/http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/sep/30cab2.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He was known for aggressively pushing for reforms in rural development and for the many schemes introduced during this period such as the '[[Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana]].'<ref name=mvn2>{{cite web|title=Dreams of a novice|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/m.-venkaiah-naidu-seeks-to-change-the-face-of-rural-india/1/231024.html|publisher=India Today|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518205051/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/m.-venkaiah-naidu-seeks-to-change-the-face-of-rural-india/1/231024.html|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mvn3>{{cite web|title=PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA : A BOON FOR RURAL INDIA|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/fjan2001/f010120011.html|publisher=PIB news|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055748/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/fjan2001/f010120011.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mvn4>{{cite news|title=Milking Naidu style|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/venkaiah-naidu-eyes-lok-sabha-polls-gifts-nellore-rs-500-crore-worth-of-sops/1/205116.html|newspaper=India Today|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518205048/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/venkaiah-naidu-eyes-lok-sabha-polls-gifts-nellore-rs-500-crore-worth-of-sops/1/205116.html|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+He succeeded [[Jana Krishnamurthi]] as the National President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2003.<ref name=mvn5>{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu takes over as new BJP chief|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/01bjp.htm|newspaper=Rediff.com|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518205502/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/01bjp.htm|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 January 2004, he was elected unopposed for a full three-year term.<ref name=mvn6>{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu elected BJP chief again|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/29/stories/2004012907311100.htm|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415042943/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/29/stories/2004012907311100.htm|archive-date=15 April 2005|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-01-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the defeat of the BJP-led NDA in the 2004 general elections, he resigned from his post on 18 October 2004 and was succeeded by [[Lal Krishna Advani|L. K. Advani]].<ref name="mvn 7">{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu quits; Advani is BJP chief|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/19/stories/2004101908550100.htm|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103064744/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/19/stories/2004101908550100.htm|archive-date=3 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-10-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==References==