The stampede at the Pushpa 2 premiere at Sandhya Theatre involving Allu Arjun has taken a political turn resurfacing regional sentiments in Hyderabad after 10 years, inspite of reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh and the formation of Telangana. 10 years ago.

While, Telangana Chief Minister M. Revanth Reddy aims to put Hyderabad on the global stage to attract global filmmakers to Hyderabad, on the contrary some of the Congress MLA'S reignite the Antra- Telangana controversy calls Allu Arjun 'Andhra-Wala' warning him to behave in Telangana. 

Even a Professor from the Osmania University (OU), called for the Andhra-dominated Telugu film industry to pack up and relocate to Visakhapatnam by next month. Former OU law faculty dean Gali Vinod Kumar slammed Arjun for ignoring the need to visit “The victim's family referring to M. Revathi and who died at Sandhya Theatre, and her 10-year-old son, who has been battling for his life in a corporate hospital since the night of 4 December."

Gali added,“Arjun didn’t care to console personally nor did he think of giving adequate compensation until our OU students pelted his house with stones. We are supporting the OU JAC (Joint Action Committee) students’ act. If the Telugu film industry refuses to mend its ways, we’ll call for another round of agitation as witnessed during the statehood movement."