King of sexism and abuse: Why Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya needs to be banned from Twitter ASAP [Opinion]

Apart from singing, Abhijeet has aced the art of harassment and making violent threats

By: Rakesh Jha |
May 24, 2017 9:04 am

Twitter has lately become a bastion of trolls who go down with all guns blazing at the slightest hint of dissent. Most of them operate anonymously while some also make a living out of it. However, what’s more concerning is this growing trend of public figures behaving in the same manner.

After Actor turned lawmaker Paresh Rawal kicked up a storm with his tweet asking to tie author Arundhati Roy with an army jeep, the 58-year-old singer added more fuel to the fire with his own bit. Endorsing Rawal’s tweet, the singer demanded ‘The God of Small things’ author should be shot. However, this is just a small drop in the ocean of hate that he regularly unleashes on the micro-blogging site. One just needs to visit his timeline and see how his tweets have become beyond cringe-worthy. He is openly making outrageous comments against women who chose to differ with him. Sample a few of them.

There is rumour she took money in advance for 2 hrs and didn’t satisfy the client.. big racket https://t.co/mwa2aoDib3

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) May 22, 2017

You Ms PAK .. Tell me your cage no ?? Will reach there .. will do d favourite pose .. https://t.co/od17vikPQC

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) May 22, 2017

or this

__ __ ____ __ ___ Nir@dh __ _____ , ____ _____ __ ____ .. ____ ____ ____ __ https://t.co/nANtp1vauV

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) May 22, 2017

He is just not sexist, he is also homophobic.

#IndianArmy __ ____ ____ ____ A known Gay, an ISI paid @vinodkapri ws thrown out from d job by d TVchannel 4 his antinational activities.. https://t.co/MmfMfk9Ow9

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) May 22, 2017

Apart from singing, Abhijeet has aced the art of harassment and making violent threats. Last month only, the singer called Lieutenant General (retd) Harcharanjit Singh Panag a ‘Pak supporter’ and Kavita Krishnan an ‘ugly face and anti-nationalist’.

Abhijeet tweeted, “U r a Pak supporter, wish you were kicked, beaten & humiliated on the streets of Kashmir & then wd hv seen ur reaction.

Y most ugly faces r most #antinatalists .. #_____________ no 2 https://t.co/tf8mxMMJ9C

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) April 16, 2017

Abusing woman is not new for the singer, last year only he was arrested for abusing journalist Swati Chaturvedi after she questioned his tweets targetting Pakistani artists.

At times it seems the singer has completely lost it. Last year, he made derogatory comments against filmmaker Karan Johar for casting actor Fawad Khan in his film Ae Dil Hai Muskil and later questioned the loyalty of Khans.

Another #lovejihad .. Mehbooba #KaranJohar is in depression ..pak lover fawad ditched bechari Mrs @karanjohar khan https://t.co/WdYQGoEeuq

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) October 2, 2016

Ask this to Shame less Dalal like Johars, Bhatts and Super Star Khans .. And Offcourse our Visa Dalas in India and d foreign ministry https://t.co/emDqhB3s8Q

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) September 21, 2016

The constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech and expression to one and all but no one should be allowed to unleash this kind of trash. There are other celebs who have strong political views but they don’t stoop to the level of Mr Abhijeet Bhattacharya. Even a roadside looney would refrain from using the language Abhijeet uses against his critics. It’s high time the the micro-blogging site takes a call and suspends his account. It will send a message to all such trolls who engage in abusing women.

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