Politics New: Now Botsa Looking ZPP post for his family

VIZIANAGARAM: At the CLP meeting when Bosta Satyanarayana was introducing the winning candidates from his family to CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, "Botsa family down down," said Raghuveera Reddy jokingly. While Raghuveera’s repartee was that the party shouldn’t encourage only one family to flourish. But, Botsa seems to have now set his eyes on the zilla parishad chairman post. The ex-housing minister wants to retain the ZP chief post for the family as it is a key post in the district. But it is to be seen whether the CM would allow this considering that the family has already three MLA seats -- Botsa from Cheepurupalli, his brother Appala Narsaiah from Gajapathinagaram and his niece’s husband Badukonda Appala Naidu from Nellimarla, besides the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha seat with Bosta’s wife Jhansi emerging victorious. "Basically Botsa wants it to make it a one-man show in the district and towards this end, he would do anything to regain his stranglehold on the district politics," a Congress leader said. In fact, Appala Naidu was the ZP chief but Botsa got the Nellimarla ticket for him. Party sources said a Velama candidate may get the opportunity as they did not get proper representation in the general elections. But certain sections in the party believe that Botsa would not give up his grip on the key post in the district. When his wife Jhansi won the by-election of Bobbili Lok Sabha seat after vacating the ZP chairperson post, Botsa immediately brought his brother Appala Narsaiah into the picture to fill the post. But district minister Satrucharla Vijaya Ramaraju opposed it tooth and nail, forcing the CM to depute two senior leaders Penumatsa Samba Sivaraju and Vasireddy Varada Rama Rao and finally, the seat was given to Appala Naidu. With many ZPTC members aspiring for the vacant ZP chairman post, the party high command is in a dilemma. Also, three ZPTC posts of Dattirajeru, Denkada and Jiyyammavalasa have fallen vacant as the three ZPTCs have won the assembly elections as MLAs. Janardhana Thatraju, Jiyyammavalasa ZPTC, won from Kurupam segment, Narasiah, Dattirajeru ZPTC, emerged victorious from Gajapathinagaram and Denkada ZPTC Appala Naidu from Nellimarla.