Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi | |
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Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy |
Constituency | Vizianagaram |
Personal details | |
Born | 1983 (age 41–42) |
Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
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Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju (born 1983) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a first-time MLA from Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency in Vizianagaram District. She represents Telugu Desam Party. She won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. [1] [2] [3]
Aditi is from the royal family of Vizianagaram. [4] She is the daughter of former central minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, a Maharaja of Vizianagaram. [5] She completed her MA in psychology in 2013 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. [6]
Aditi became an MLA for the first time winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. She defeated former deputy assembly speaker Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy of YSR Congress Party. [5] Earlier in 2019, she contested from Vizianagaram seat but lost the election. [7]