During November 2023, Vivek Venkataswamy officially stepped down from the BJP and rejoined the Congress party, along with his son Vamsi, during Rahul Gandhi's visit to Hyderabad.[3][4] Earlier on 9 August 2019, he joined in Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6]
Gaddam Vivek was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Peddapalli Constituency, after his father did not run the election. He was a member of coal committee and steel committee. Formerly, he is the adviser to the State Government of Telangana for Inter-State relations.He was elected the MLA of Chennur region of Mancherial District, Telangana, in 2023 for the Indian National Congress Party.
He is the vice chairman of Visaka industries. He runs popular 24/7 Telugu news channel V6 News and a Telugu daily news paper Velugu.
President of the HCA
He was appointed the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association in 2017.[7] He was removed from the post in 2018 due to conflict of interest. He started Telangana T20 League was not recognized by BCCI.[8][9]