My Compelling Story

Though he does not belong to a Hindi-speaking state, Naidu, to champion the cause of farmers, and to be a brilliant orator, mastered the language and became a prominent political figure of the party.Naidu was one of the protestors to be imprisoned during the Emergency period that was imposed by former Indian Prime Minster Indira Gandhi.In 2002, he succeeded Jana Krishnamurthy as the national president of Bhartiya Janata Party and kept holding the chair for three consecutive terms.After BJP led National Democratic Alliance got a thumping majority in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he was given the portfolios of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Information and Broadcasting Ministry.