Principle, not politics: Pawan Kalyan on his backing for Telangana

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Jana Sena Party president   K. Pawan Kalyan addressing the media astatine  his residence successful  Hyderabad connected  Tuesday.

Jana Sena Party president K. Pawan Kalyan addressing the media astatine his residence successful Hyderabad connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur

In a station connected X, Jana Sena main and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan says his enactment for Telangana statehood sprang from condemnation not politics, and traces it to his 2009 basal alongside Gaddar

My committedness to Telangana statehood is not thing that began recently.

In 2009, portion starring the Yuva Rajyam younker helping of Praja Rajyam Party, I participated successful the Telangana Samajika Nyaya Sabha alongside Osmania University pupil leaders and Gaddar Garu.

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— Pawan Kalyan (@PawanKalyan) June 3, 2026

In a station connected X connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026), Mr. Pawan Kalyan said his committedness to Telangana statehood “is not thing that began recently”. He recalled that successful 2009, portion starring the Yuva Rajyam younker helping of the Praja Rajyam Party, helium took portion successful the Telangana Samajika Nyaya Sabha alongside Osmania University pupil leaders and Gaddar.

He said that erstwhile the Congress authorities led by the precocious Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy opposed the enactment of Telangana, helium openly supported the aspirations of the Telangana radical and called for a “Samajika Telangana”, 1 built connected societal justice, self-respect and adjacent opportunities for each sections of society.

“My enactment for Telangana was ne'er driven by governmental expediency. It was guided by condemnation and a content that the antiauthoritarian aspirations of the radical deserved designation and respect,” helium said.

The basal helium took then, helium said, reflected his committedness to Telangana and its people.

Published - June 03, 2026 02:12 p.m. IST

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