Bezawada Bapanayya Naidu Jr was a grandson of Bezawada Bapannaya Sr., the first Mayor of Yanam, and was himself the mayor from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the two powerful political leaders in Yanam during French rule. It was told that he was very soft-natured person and a vaishnavite. He was a humble and powerful politician in his time. Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou who had been Diwan for Manyam Zamindar, was one of his counselors. His opponent was Kamisetty Venugopala Rao Naidu.[1][2]