B. Venkata Raghavulu is an Indian

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politician. He was the State Secretary of the last unified

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State Committee of the

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, till its bifurcation in March 2014 following the bifurcation of the state. He is also a Polit Buro member of that party.

Early life

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State Secretary B V Raghavulu was born to Venkata Subbaiah and Punnamma couple in Pedamopadu village in

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. Raghavulu completed his schooling. Later, he joined

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for his intermediate education. Then, he went to

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and joined

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at the Bapatla Agricultural College. For various reasons, he was compelled to drop out of the course. Afterwards, he joined

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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

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as a full-time activist of the party.

Political career

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.
The party later, during emergency period itself, sent him to

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. There he founded the student movement. While he was at Visakhapatnam, he completed a diploma in

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and enrolled for

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in history. Up to December 1981, he was the office bearer for

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.
Completing his M.A. in distinction, he pursued a research in

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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

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( CITU).
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.

Resignation from Polit Bureau

It was widely reported in the media that Raghavulu has resigned to all posts in the party other than primary membership, on allegations of his mishandling of organizational affairs including that of 10 TV. Citing sources there were news reports that he was responsible for many of its party cadre being shunned out. Sitaram Yechury clarified in a press meet clarified that Polit Bureau discussed issues and that Raghavulu is in the Polit Bureau and will continue in the Polit Bureau.

Family life

Raghavulu married S. Punyavathi, one of his co-activists while he was doing his research at the

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in Visakhapatnam. Punyavathi is now the state vice president of the

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and was the general secretary of

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. The couple are blessed with a daughter, Srujana who is married to Mohammed Zaheer her co-student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) of Delhi.

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