Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan — actor, Telugu cultural icon, and constitutional officeholder — was denied permission to hold a public meeting in Hyderabad on June 2, Telangana Formation Day. Telangana Police determined his presence constituted a 'substantial threat' to law and order. His box office presence in the same city went unreviewed.
On June 2, 2026 — Telangana's Formation Day — Telangana Police refused permission for Jana Sena chief and AP Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan to hold a 'Telangana Nava Nirmana Sankalpa Sabha' at Sandhya Convention Centre, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, citing 'substantial threat' to law and order. The threat, per the DCP of Serilingampally Zone, arose from a professor's remarks about Pawan Kalyan's meeting with the Union Home Minister and subsequent criminal cases filed in Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana High Court rejected Jana Sena's emergency petition the same afternoon. This marks the unusual achievement of a sitting Deputy Chief Minister of one Indian state being categorised as a public safety risk in the city that — until 2014 — was the shared capital of both states. Both governments quickly issued competing statements claiming victimhood. Hyderabad's cinema halls remain open.