<p>Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya indulged in a war of words on Twitter over author Shobhaa De's tweet mocking Indian athletes participating at Rio Olympics 2016.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a title="Rio 2016: Twitter uproar after Shobhaa De takes a dig at Indian athletes" href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/rio-2016-twitter-uproar-after-shobhaa-de-takes-a-dig-at-indian-athletes/17512152" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rio 2016: Twitter uproar after Shobhaa De takes a dig at Indian athletes</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p><img title="Sonam Kapoor and Abhijeet" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/10-sonam-abhijeet.jpg" alt="Sonam Kapoor and Abhijeet" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Sonam Kapoor and Abhijeet&nbsp;</strong></em></span></p>
<p>Here's how the drama unfolded...</p>
<p>On Monday, Shobhaa De courted controversy for mocking Indian athletes participating at Rio Olympics 2016. Here's what she tweeted:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.</p>
&mdash; Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa/status/762658754152325120">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only hope? Dependable Abhinav Bindra. Aim for gold, champion!</p>
&mdash; Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa/status/762659076111208448">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Shobhaa De's tweet angered singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and he called her 'unstoppable shameless besharam budhiya'. Here's what Abhijeet Bhattacharya tweeted:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unstoppable shameless <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE?src=hash">#&agrave;&curren;&not;&agrave;&yen;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0087&agrave;&curren;&para;&agrave;&curren;&deg;&agrave;&yen;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d&agrave;&curren;&reg;</a> &agrave;&curren;&not;&agrave;&yen;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0082&agrave;&curren;&cent;&agrave;&curren;&frac14;&agrave;&yen;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0080&agrave;&curren;&macr;&agrave;&curren;&frac34;s .. abusing and cursing their own motherland, own children, own talents .. <a href="https://t.co/nMhy0xfhTF">https://t.co/nMhy0xfhTF</a></p>
&mdash; abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger/status/762719562282463232">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>The tweet didn't go down too well with actress Sonam Kapoor who called Abhijeet a 'hypocrite'. Here's what Sonam Kapoor tweeted:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You're such a hypocrite.. <a href="https://t.co/FoTF1sp5c6">https://t.co/FoTF1sp5c6</a></p>
&mdash; Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) <a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor/status/762906315458945024">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Sonam Kapoor's response kicked off a storm and Abhijeet Bhattacharya hit back at her saying:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes <a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor">@sonamakapoor</a> we all r hypocrites bt not the Khandani FILMI type hypocrites nor page3, we r proud of our players <a href="https://t.co/sy8Q3o2sjd">https://t.co/sy8Q3o2sjd</a></p>
&mdash; abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger/status/762934178094743552">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Twitterati also took sides in the argument and here's how they reacted:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor">@sonamakapoor</a> this time you completely lost it to <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger">@abhijeetsinger</a> . Another farji hypocrites feminist joined the action</p>
&mdash; Cow-Boy (@Ajits_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ajits_/status/762956386942660608">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor">@sonamakapoor</a> hey Sonam go learn the definition of Hypocrite! <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> speaks 4 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/India?src=hash">#India</a> &amp; Abuse her players ON WHAT GROUNDS <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger">@abhijeetsinger</a></p>
&mdash; Irene (@irene_kapoor) <a href="https://twitter.com/irene_kapoor/status/762949401069453312">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/vpattar123">@vpattar123</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger">@abhijeetsinger</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor">@sonamakapoor</a> Hypocrites or those who work with Pakistani actors despite their Country killing our soldiers</p>
&mdash; Solution Provider (@avi_tanu87) <a href="https://twitter.com/avi_tanu87/status/762948485742141440">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So <a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor">@sonamakapoor</a> can make fun of <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> on TV and then call <a href="https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger">@abhijeetsinger</a> hypocrite.Wow!!</p>
&mdash; Swati Sharma (@sharmaswati28) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharmaswati28/status/762946411293839360">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Sonam Kapoor, seeing the outrage on social media, decided to tweet the definition of 'hypocrisy'.&nbsp;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">hypocrisy :- <br />the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.</p>
&mdash; Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) <a href="https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor/status/763210268465700864">August 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>What are your thoughts on the controversy? Let us know!&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a title="Rio 2016: Shobhaa De won't apologise for tweet on Indian Olympians" href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/rio-2016-shobhaa-de-wont-apologise-for-tweet-on-indian-olympians/17513170" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rio 2016: Shobhaa De won't apologise for tweet on Indian Olympians</span></a></strong></span></p>

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