Yesterday, the Indian popular singer Sonu Nigam has gained the topmost position on Twitter’s trending charts after making some eccentric statements on the ‘Azaan-Muslim call for prayer’.
He boldly took on to his twitter handle and went tweeting how he’s offended by the religious contexts. He questioned the necessity of broadcasting the announcement on loudspeakers from mosques in public. Labeling it ‘forced religiousness’, and using the word “Gundagardi”, Sonu’s tweet created quite a stir!
If you’re not in the know, his early morning rant looked like this.
Needless to say, it divided the entire nation and invited a lot of criticism. Some didn’t realize that Sonu had not only complained about the mosques but had also mentioned about gurudwaras and temples in his post.
It gave rise to a heated debate on Twitter and many hit out at Sonu for being so insensitive towards religion. On the other hand, there were some section people who supported his views against forced religiousness and tweeted in favor of him.
Countering Sonu Nigam’s argument, now Pooja Bhatt has voiced her opinion on the matter taking a dig at his tweets.
Here is here tweet:
I wake each morning to the sound of church bells & the Azaan in a quiet by-lane of Bandra.I light an aggarbatti & salute the spirit of India
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) April 18, 2017
Many celebrities reminded Sonu that he had crossed the line this time; Pooja Bhatt tried to counter Sonu’s views with 1 tweet and explained how she’s in love with the spirit of India. She indirectly meant that Sonu should stop complaining and start enjoying it.
As soon as her tweet came, it emerged a lot of attention which got positive responses from the netizens; check out what users had to say
Love!
That’s so you! In all that cacophony of confusion surfaces a sane voice ! Love!
— Talat Rahim (@talat_rahim) April 18, 2017
Thanks for keeping the spirit alive!
Thank you for keeping the spirit of India alive !!
— Abid (@amerias) April 18, 2017
True awakening!
The sound gives me a feeling of true awakening with perfect peace in the morning in Andheri West too
— seema (@seemaadhikari) April 18, 2017
India needs more of you!
India needs more of u! Some ppl r poisoning the society. dangerous for India!
— Kabir (@jkabir40) April 18, 2017
One more meaningful tweet!
— sabina samad (@sabina222) April 18, 2017
Sonu’s posts have already drawn enough flak on Twitter. Next time, he’ll have to be careful with his tweets else Twitter users will get a chance to boycott him.
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