He was once the lord of all he surveyed, a powerful minister whose word was law. But, at the fag-end of his illustrious political career, he is finding himself checkmated by his juniors. They are pushing him around and trying to dictate terms to him. So exasperated he is that he has to finally put his foot down and openly say that he has no superiors except YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

We are talking about former minister Dadi Veerabhadra Rao. For the first time ever, he is facing challenge from within in Anakapalli. He is unable to get along well with Anakapalli YSRCP MLA Gudivada Amarnath. He and Amarnath are exchanging barb in full public view. Of late, Amarnath faction has stopped inviting Veerabhadra Rao to the YSRCP meetings.

As a result, Dadi and Gudivada have been holding separate meetings. But Dadi Veerabhadra Rao has suddenly changed his strategy and has been attending party meetings even when he was not extended an invitation. In one such meeting, he burst out that he is not answerable to anyone and that his only boss is YS Jagan. He also said that he is not going to obey anyone else’s order.

This has created a difficult situation for the ruling YSRCP in Anakapalli. The party workers are divided between the two leaders. YS Jagan, who is aware of these differences, has done nothing so far to set the things right. As a result, Anakapalli’s political cauldron is simmering.