NEW DELHI: Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has announced in 24 tweets posted this morning that he is quitting twitter, citing a lack of respect for freedom of speech.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion argued Mr Nigam, 43, a day after his colleague Abhijeet's account was suspended for his abusive tweets against female Twitter users like Shehla Rashid, a JNU student and activist who has made allegations of sex trafficking by some BJP leaders.
Sonu Nigam also referenced actor and BJP parliamentarian Paresh Rawal who has been lacerated online after tweeting that author Arundhati Roy should be 'tied to army jeep.' Mr Nigam said in his tweets that he is deleting his account because Twitter is 'one-sided' and 'everyone is angry.'
He sent out a series of 24 tweets building upto his exit from Twitter. He asked the media and his followers to take screenshots of his tweets as the message will soon disappear when he leaves the website.
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