Singer Sonu Nigam quits Twitter; Paresh Rawal says social networking site has no credibility left

Singer Sonu Nigam has deleted his Twitter account. In a series of tweets, he announced that he would quit the social networking site and advised his fans to take a screenshot of his 24 tweets before they got deleted.

This comes after his fellow singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's Twitter account was suspended.

Twitter has no credibility left, said actor Paresh Rawal coming out in support of Sonu Nigam.

Nigam maintains that Twitter is one-sided and he had to leave it because of its lack of respect for freedom of speech.

His comments on the morning azaan recently triggered a major controversy.

Anupam Kher too backed the singer, calling Nigam "a self-made and courageous man" and adding that he should not allow the "negativity of a few to win".

Lyricist Javed Akhtar said, "Twitter must be used for cultural exchanges. But I see most comments are hate messages and aggressive statements."

Sandese Aate Hain from Border and tracks from Kal Ho Naa Ho and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham have been some of Sonu Nigam's most famous numbers.