Sonu Nigam in a series of tweets on Wednesday morning bashed the microblogging site Twitter comparing it to ‘porn’ and a place full of angry people, before quitting it in support of fellow singer, Abhijeet Bhattacharya whose account was suspended on Tuesday evening after he posted a string of “offensive” tweets, especially against women. “I quit Twitter Today in Defiance of this One Sided Sham. Every Logical, Sensible Patriot and Humanist should. I am sorry I don’t belong to a place which spews so much Venom with such Relish! A place that taints me Anti-Muslim in some losers’ minds,” Sonu wrote.
Here are some of Sonu’s tweets:
He questioned why Abhijeet’s account was suspended and not Shehla Rashid’s? “One Could disagree wth Abhijeetda’s language but isn’t Shehla’s accusation tht BJP has a Sex Racket, Provocation enough to Supporters? If His account is deleted, why not Her? And the other Morons who hurl Mother Sister abuses to every Achiever? Where’s the Balance? How is it all so one sided? Why is everyone so Angry here on Twitter? Why can’t there be a Sensible discussion?” Sonu posted.
He also attacked author Arundhati Roy and defended Paresh Rawal’s remarks on her. “A woman can endorse a picture of Gautam Gambhir in the front of the Army Jeep, & Paresh Rawal, Criticized for doing d same to someone else. Accepted Arundhati has d right to her opinion about Kashmir, but then the other billion Indians have the right to feel Let Down too right?” he added. Demanding a balanced approach, Sonu wrote, even some young ‘Girls and Boys and Kids behave like terrorists’ on these platforms.
Here are some of Sonu’s tweets:
“Media, is divided. Some Nationalists, some just Cold blooded Pseudos not ready to learn from our History of Traitors. Hv seen Love Pouring in from Most Quarters 4 my Balanced approach; & unreasonable, illogical, ruthless, Profanities being hurled frm other. And we have stopped being Humans. People blessing you on one hand; and some wishing Death upon you. Even some young Girls and Boys and Kids behave like terrorists. We are nothing beyond Proud Muslims, Hindus, Pakistanis, Indians.Gosh.Such arrogance 4 being so stupid? It only goes to prove that most humans, cannot digest power when it comes to them unchecked. They need Reins to hold them back,” he posted.
Even though Sonu said he has nothing against Twitter, he compared it to a porn. “I have nothing against Twitter, it’s a Game Changer. Yet Twitter cud have been a Greater Platform. It’s like Porn, shown in Theatres,” he wrote. Sonu quit Twitter with these strong words, “I have come to understand that ‘You can wake up someone who’s sleeping, but can not wake up one who’s pretending to sleep when he’s awake’. I bid adieu to Twitter and my close to 7 Million followers today, leaving most Disappointed and angry at me, and some Sadists Happy.”
