After Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel, it is now Raju Srivastava, well known comedian and chairman of the UP Film Vikas Parishad, who is up in arms against the web series ‘Mirzapur 2’.
Srivastava said that the web series was filled with vulgarity and violence.
He has asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take note of the matter and urge the concerned authorities to ensure that the content on the digital platform is screened by the Censor Board.
Earlier, Anupriya Patel had also objected to ‘Mirzapur 2’, saying that it tarnished the name of her constituency Mirzapur.
She had said that the web series portrayed the district in a poor light and promoted caste violence.
“Mirzapur under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ji, is a developing city. It is the centre of harmony. Through web series called Mirzapur, it is being maligned as a violent region. Ethnic disharmony is also being spread through this web series,” wrote Anupriya Patel, Member of Parliament, Mirzapur.
“As MP of Mirzapur district, I demand that it should be investigated and action be taken against it,” she added.
Anurpiya tagged Prime Minister Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar in her Twitter posts.
Read her tweets here: 

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

— Anupriya Patel (@AnupriyaSPatel) October 24, 2020

मिर्ज़ापुर ज़िले की सांसद होने के नाते मेरी माँग है कि इसकी जाँच होनी चाहिए और इसके विरुद्ध कार्यवाही होनी चाहिए @PrakashJavdekar @narendramodi @myogiadityanath 2/2

— Anupriya Patel (@AnupriyaSPatel) October 24, 2020

Meanwhile, the second season of web series Mirzapur revolves around the lives of Guddu Pandit, Gajgamini Gupta, Beena Tripathi, Anandanand Tripathi, Munna Tripathi, Sharad Shukla among others and chronicles how each one’s life changes when lust for power, money and revenge takes centre stage.
The web series was released last week on the OTT platform and is directed by Gurmeet Singh and Mihir Desai.