KRK (Kamaal R Khan) posted an open challenge on Twitter late last night saying that he is willing to leave Twitter – but if and only if 2000 people retweet that he should leave the social platform. On the other hand, if more people vote for him to stay back, he will continue with his antics on social media.
Well, Twitterati has given their verdict and KRK won’t like this one bit.
Over 2000 people have already tweeted how he should leave Twitter for good. In sharp contrast, a meagre 200 have vouched for him.
The picture is crystal clear – people are sure that Twitter will be a better place without KRK.
Come to think of it, KRK had this long time coming. His tweets ranged from annoying to downright obnoxious. While there were some who would have a good laugh about his tweets calling him “funny”, most of us would often dismiss each one as “just another tweet from KRK to get attention.”
But how often can one shrug it off as “just another tweet”? And the pertinent question is: Why should one shrug it off?
How can one attribute it to his ‘attention-seeking behaviour’ when he, in the most crude manner possible, talks about Alia Bhatt “looking bachchi in panty”?
How can one call him ‘funny’ when he posts an image of papayas and tweets “These are as big as Bipasha ke in Bipasha song from Jodi Breakers”?
Or holds a ‘survey’ of ‘Best Bollywood Butt’?
We read it all with a smirk on our faces, knowing what to discuss next at the water cooler.
KRK has constantly made lewd and disparaging remarks towards women. But he alone can’t be blamed.
In a way, we have given rise to the Frankenstein that is KRK – knowingly or unknowingly. Or at least, 1.18 million (that’s the number of followers he has) of the country’s population has.
It’s strange that our country is most unforgiving towards certain superstars when they say that India is witnessing an air of intolerance. Protests are staged outside the superstars’ houses, effigies are burnt.
But, we choose to practise tolerance in case of someone as repugnant as KRK and his demeaning attitude towards women.
No low has ever been too low for him, no obscenity too obscene for him. But he managed to shock everyone this time when he took things a bit too far. KRK tweeted about Vikram Bhatt “supplying Meera Chopra to a well-known producer”. Not willing to take this lying down, the filmmaker slapped a defamation case against KRK (Vikram Bhatt reacts to KRK’s outlandish accusations about Meera Chopra, June 23).
Yesterday, the Raaz 3 director initiated a petition on his Facebook account to ban KRK from Twitter (Vikram Bhatt starts petition to ban KRK on Twitter, Jun 29). And tweeple were quick to raise their voice against KRK, telling him in no uncertain terms to leave the social platform.
Now, the ball is in KRK’s court.
Isn’t it time that he sticks to his word (though that’s not a quality we expect from him) and sign out of Twitter? Or will he once again prove that nothing leaves KRK shamed, not even the collective hatred of Twitterati?
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