Sonu Nigam chips in support of Abhijeet; quits twitter

In what appears to be a case of solidarity, ace singer Sonu Nigam has said good bye to Twitter on Wednesday, but not before he sent out 24 tweets reasoning his exit from the micro-blogging site and giving references of singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and actor-politician Paresh Rawal siding with them.

“I bid adieu to Twitter and my close to 7 million followers today, leaving most disappointed and angry at me, and some sadists happy," Sonu tweeted.

The decision of the 43-year-old singer, who recently wrote on the problems he faced in the morning because of 'azaans' in the loudspeakers and also shaved of his head following threats from fundamentalists - comes in the wake of Rawal's comments on writer Arundhati Roy and Abhijeet's account getting suspended after he targeted at JNU student Shehla Rashid’s tweet against BJP.

On the controversy involving Paresh Rawal, he tweeted: "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 the right to her opinion about Kashmir, but then the other billion Indians have the right to feel Let Down too right?”

On Sunday, the actor, in a tweet, on the issue of 'human shield' dominating the affairs and politics of Jammu & Kashimir, had said: "Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy !"

On the issue of co-singer Abhijeet, Sonu tweeted: "One could disagree with 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?”

On Monday, Abhijeet had used offensive language against the student-activist and tweeted: "“There is rumour she took money for two hours and didn’t satisfy the client... big racket....You Ms Pak. Tell me your cage no? Will reach there... Will do the favourite pose."

Tweeted Nigam: "I quit Twitter in defiance of this one sided sham. Every logical, sensible patriot and humanist should....I am no Right Wing, No Left Wing. I respect everyone's Opinion but I guess Here, you have to Belong Somewhere".