New ‘Quantico’ Episode Showing Indians as Terrorists Draws Flak

Indians as terrorists? Call up the fanatics to troll a fictional show and Priyanka Chopra.

The latest episode of the Priyanka Chopra starrer, Quantico doesn’t seem to be going down well with Twitterati. While the show is airing its last season, the story arc that this episode took was that Indians were plotting a terrorist attack in Manhattan, with plans to blame it on Pakistan. While the show is fictional, it seems to have irked the viewers who are calling out the episode as nonsensical.

What the hell was this episode of #Quantico .. they tried to show ‘Indian nationalists’ (their term) trying to blow up Manhattan to frame Pakistan.. I don’t even know what sort of ridiculous narrative was this episode trying to set.. nonsensical stuff..

— Aadit Kapadia (@ask0704) June 3, 2018

In this episode PC discovers a rudraksh mala (not kidding) on the terrorist and then then concludes that these are Indian nationalists trying to blow a bomb in NYC and blame Pakistan for it and that’s how the episode unfolds from there .. seriously ridiculous stuff.

— Aadit Kapadia (@ask0704) June 3, 2018

Latest episode of Quantico is about Hindu men with Rudrakshas who are identified as Indian nationalists with knowledge of Indian government planning a Nuclear attack and blaming Pakistan and the Great priyanka chopra with FBI team stops it

Mainstreaming fake narrative

— யோகம்=சுழிமுனை (@duvijan) June 2, 2018

#Quantico playing India-Pakistan Game and Priyanka Chopra finds a Rudraksh! Seriously home grown things are shown on international level with Indian narratives. This is something which shivers our nerves.

— BhavyaRW (@MeBhavya) June 4, 2018

Other viewers pointed out the logic behind the episode: fiction.

For 3 seasons Priyanka and Quantico have been hyping India. She’s the Hindu/Indian hero of the show for 3 years but one episode the Indian is the villain y’all freak out? How stupid! They’ve been showing India as good this whole time, one episode and all you nationalist lose it

— Congrats Dr. Priyanka Chopra (@Nitu_23) June 4, 2018

This isn’t the first time Priyanka Chopra has been at the receiving end of trolling on social media. Her recent visit to the Rohingyas refugee camps also made her a target. The makers and the cast of Quantico have yet to comment on the matter.