Priyanka, Sonam, Sonakshi team up against Twitter trolls

Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Sunny Leone have put up a united front against Twitter trolls.

Earlier this week, Kapoor slammed the recent meat ban in Mumbai on Twitter saying: “Our country is going to remain a 3rd world nation because of the intolerant misogynistic close minded few. [sic]”

Many took the chance to poke fun at her usage of the word “misogynistic”.

“@sonamakapoor The meat ban is misogynistic? Sounds like a very bad innuendo,” one user posted.

Another wrote, “And with that we have a new Alia Bhatt moment. Actually Alia looks much brighter now — seriously! Alia has refined.”

The 30-year-old actress responded saying that the tweet was a comment on the general attitude of people, but in vain.

The star then called upon the victims of internet bullying to stand up for themselves.

“To everyone out there please have the courage to stand up to bullies, trolls and people who generally put you down #wearyourcourage,” she posted.

Praising Kapoor’s stand, Leone, who herself has been on the receiving end of such trolls, wrote, “@sonamakapoor building that courage takes strength and the ability to take the bashing after takes even more strength #yougogirl.”

Even Sinha’s opinion against the meat ban irked a few people on the site.

“This is a free country! Welcome to BAN-istan. I meant India. Stupid autocorrect. [sic]”

This tweet was followed by remarks directed against the 28-year-old actress.

She gave a blunt reply, saying, “Welcome to Twitter. Where only trolls are allowed to have their say. Yep, the only space they should be taking up in life is the 140 characters here! And the best part is, trolls think they are relevant, while we carry on with our happy and positive lives. God bless you all!”

Kapoor lauded Sinha’s strong stand by tweeting, “I’m super proud of @sonakshisinha for having the courage to have an opinion and not backing down #whattagirl #wearyourcourage #bulliessuck.”

Chopra, who is currently in the US for her maiden American TV series Quantico, also showed her support for her colleagues.

“People hide behind what they want the world to see them as cause it’s easier! Standing up for yourself takes OVARIES!Go @sonakshisinha #TweetTweak.”

In the past, actresses including Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, Shruti Seth and Neha Dhupia have received flak for their views on Twitter.