The second season of Mirzapur was recently released, after two years of a long wait. Well, the show has been in troubled waters as it received flak over the content in the show. A few days back, Mirzapur’s (a town in Uttar Pradesh) MP demanded action against  Prime Video's show as it shows the town in a bad light. 

In her tweet, MP Anupriya Patel wrote, "Maanneeya pradhanmantri ji evam mukhyamantri ji ke naitritv mein Mirzapur vikasit hai. Yeh samarsta ka kendra hai. Mirzapur naamak web series ke zariye ise hinsak ilaaka bataakar badnaam kiya jaa raha hai. Is series ke maadhyam se jaateey vaimanasy bhi failaaya jaa raha hai. (The city of Mirzapur is developed under the leadership of respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath. The city is a center of harmony. In the web-series named Mirzapur, the city is shown to be a violent one and is being defamed. Ethnic discord is also being spread through this series).”

In another tweet, MP Anupriya Patel wrote, "Mirzapur jile ki sansad hone ke naate meri maang hai ki iski jaanch honi chahie aur iske viruddh kaarwahi honi chahie (Being the MP of Mirzapur, I demand that the issue must be looked into and an action must be taken against the same)."

Here are the tweets:

माननीय प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी एवं माननीय मुख्यमंत्री @myogiadityanath जी के नेतृत्व में मिर्ज़ापुर विकासरत है।यह समरसता का केंद्र है। मिर्ज़ापुर नामक Webseries के ज़रिए इसे हिंसक इलाक़ा बताकर बदनाम किया जा रहा है।इस सीरीज़ के माध्यम से जातीय वैमनस्य भी फैलाया जा रहा है।1/2

मिर्ज़ापुर ज़िले की सांसद होने के नाते मेरी माँग है कि इसकी जाँच होनी चाहिए और इसके विरुद्ध कार्यवाही होनी चाहिए @PrakashJavdekar @narendramodi @myogiadityanath
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Now, Pankaj Tripathi who played the role of Kaleen Bhaiya in the show has finally responded to these allegations by the MP. He told DNA in an interview, “There is a disclaimer that comes before every episode which reads that Mirzapur is a fictional story and does not have any relation to an individual and/or place. I am an actor and I wouldn’t have much to say on this beyond what I have stated.” 

He added, “Having said that, I would like to add that in Mirzapur series, if there are criminals, there’s also a hero by the name Ramakanth Pandit (Rajesh Tailang), who wants to do good for the city.”

Do you agree with his point of view? Let us know in the comments section below.

The Prime Video crime series set in Uttar Pradesh also stars Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Shweta Tripathi, Rasika Dugal, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Joining them in Mirzapur 2 are Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Amit Sial, and Anjum Sharma.

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