Paatal Lok, Code M And Court Martial Receive Backlash For Promoting Casteism; #CensorWebSeries Trends On Twitter

After Anushka Sharma's Paatal Lok, netizens are now even bashing Jennifer Winget's Code M and Rajeev Khandelwal's Court Martial for promoting casteism and showing Army in bad light through web-series

Nikita Thakkar

Wed May 27 2020, 11:56:36 11976 views
Anushka Sharma's web venture Paatal Lok received a very good response on social media. Quite a few celebrities and netizens gave a thumbs up to this crime-drama. However, now the producers of this web-series are in legal trouble. The Gurkha community is asking for an apology as the web-series has a slur being directed to the Nepali community. Now, on social media, people are bashing the show for promoting casteism and even showing Hindus in a bad light. Along with Paatal Lok, shows like Code M and Court Martial too are being dragged in as #CensorWebSeries trends on Twitter.

Using the trending hashtag, a netizen wrote, "Badlighting Hindu religion is what the #Secularism is in this country #Webseries #boycottpaatallok #CensorWebSeries." People are also saying that the Indian Army is being shown in a bad light through these web-series. Talking about Code M and Court Martial, a netizen wrote, "Why silent on Anti-Army Webseries? 'Court Martial' - Punjabi Hindu officer is Casteist, Anti Dalit & Woman Abuser. 'Code M’ -  Senior officer is Caste obsessed Rajput.  Jr. officers homosexuals. Why No action by @adgpi @DefenceMinIndia."

Check out some tweets below to know what netizens have to say about these shows.












Talking about the backlash received by Paatal Lok, a BJP MLA even asked Virat Kohli to divorce Anushka Sharma as he considers her to be anti-Indian. An MLA names Nandkishor Gurjar was quoted saying, "Virat Kohli desh bhakt hai, desh k liye khele hai. Anushka ko talak de dena chahiye (Virat is a nationalist as he has played for the nation, he should divorce Anushka)."  (Also Read: Paatal Lok: Chandigarh Top Cop Gets Nostalgic After Binge Watching Anushka Sharma’s Debut OTT Production; READ His Viral Tweet Here)






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