<p>The actor, who became a member of the social networking site at the behest of his friend, filmmaker Karan Johar, has managed to scoop some 169,565 followers in just forty days.<br /><br />But Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs, is way ahead of Khan with his 661,456 followers.<br /><br />"In few months I am going to overtake Shahi Tharoor (on twitter). I am going for him. He is our god," Khan said at the 'NDTV Indian of the Year Awards' function here last night.<br />Tharoor said he will be happy to be overtakan by Khan.<br /><br />"I had predicted this the day Shah Rukh joined twitter. I will be happy rather than regret it," the politician said.<br /><br />The 44-year-old actor, who was honoured as the Entertainment Icon, said he joined the website after Johar's insistence.<br /><br />"Karan told me that people are anyway abusing you so why don't you let them abuse you directly. I can says whatever I want to say. There are so many people who want to know about you," Khan said, adding that Amitabh Bachchan started the blogging phenomenon in Bollywood.<br /><br />Bachchan, 67, said he initially wanted a website but was introduced to blog and started liking it. The megastar, however, said he will not join twitter.</p>
<p>The actor, who became a member of the social networking site at the behest of his friend, filmmaker Karan Johar, has managed to scoop some 169,565 followers in just forty days.<br /><br />But Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs, is way ahead of Khan with his 661,456 followers.<br /><br />"In few months I am going to overtake Shahi Tharoor (on twitter). I am going for him. He is our god," Khan said at the 'NDTV Indian of the Year Awards' function here last night.<br />Tharoor said he will be happy to be overtakan by Khan.<br /><br />"I had predicted this the day Shah Rukh joined twitter. I will be happy rather than regret it," the politician said.<br /><br />The 44-year-old actor, who was honoured as the Entertainment Icon, said he joined the website after Johar's insistence.<br /><br />"Karan told me that people are anyway abusing you so why don't you let them abuse you directly. I can says whatever I want to say. There are so many people who want to know about you," Khan said, adding that Amitabh Bachchan started the blogging phenomenon in Bollywood.<br /><br />Bachchan, 67, said he initially wanted a website but was introduced to blog and started liking it. The megastar, however, said he will not join twitter.</p>
