Lagadapati Rajagopal arrested – has visible political aspirations in state politics

Posted on Dec 14, 2009

Lagadapati Rajagopal has been arrested by police as a precautionery measure at Hyderabad International Airport while going for indefinite fast against formation of Telangana state. It may be noted that Lagadapati Rajagopal or L. Rajagopal has vast interest in Hyderabad though his company Lanco group which has a major real estate project under construction called Lanco Hills.

Many politicians from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema region in K Rosiah led congress government in Andhra Pradesh are opposing the move by congress high command of formation of Telangana. Lakadapati Rajagopal Member of Parliament from Vijayawada constituency of Andhra Pradesh has been most vocal in opposing the move. The state leadership including CM Rosaiah and D Srinivas PCC chief does not seems to be happy with this whole Lagadapati Rajagopal affair. By taking this more Lagadapati Rajagopal is trying to create a separate image for himself and projecting himself as a leader of masses like YS Rajsekhar Reddy.

Lagadapati Rajagopal might have seen this as an opportunity to become a leader at state level filling the vaccume created after the death of YSR and failure of new CM Rosaiah in controlling the state politics. By doing this Lagadapati Rajagopal is creating a third camp in Andhra congress after Jagan and Rosaiah.

Who is Lagadapati Rajagopal

rajagopal-lagadapati-and-family Rajagopal Lagadapati aged 45 is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing Vijayawada constituency in Andhra Pradesh on Indian National Congress ticket. He is an engineer who turned industrialist, is the Founder Chairman of LANCO Group. Rajagopal is also involved in social responsibility causes and he established LANCO Foundation (formerely LIGHT), a Charitable Trust, in the year 2000 to reach to the needy and has been involved in various philanthropic activities.