Pusapati family is the royal dynasty in Vizianagaram and centuries back they had been ruling this region peacefully and had the hallmark as the best rulers ever that the Vizianagaram people have witnessed.
People have blessed them even in a post-independence democratic country. From PVG Raju to Ashok Gajapatiraju, they did welcome everyone from that dynasty to rule them and Ashok Gajapathiraju, who has repeatedly served as Minister of State and once Union Minister, is a founding member of the TDP. It must be said that he is even older than Chandrababu.
Literally, they still deemed to be the kings of this region, and one such king, his daughter Athidi Gajapatiraju, lost the 2019 elections. Ashok Gajapatiraju’s daughter Atdhi Gajapatiraju has been active in district TDP politics since then and we can’t blame her as leaders like Lokesh were blown apart in Jagan’s storm.
But, Chandra Babu seems to have taken a differential stand towards Gajapati Raju’s family. People think that despite everything that Ashok Gajapati Raja has done to the TDP, Chandra Babu neglected Athidi’s name for the parliamentary president post
Severe criticisms are coming from their own party that Kala Venkata Rao’s younger son was given this post for exceptional political mobilization. So, many people started to question why the Gajapati Rajas have been neglected after all their devotion to the party all these years in ups and downs and it seems they have nothing left to do at the party.
Many say that treating the Pusapati family only as a grand source of vote bank and neglecting them with prominent posts is nothing but Naidu digging his own political graveyard.