'Calling Shark Tank India fans pig is a new low': Namita Thapar slammed for shutting trolls who targeted her for rejecting a make-up brand pitch

Just two episodes of the second season of Shark Tank India have premiered and judge Namita Thapar became the target of trolls. It so happened that the Emcure Pharmaceuticals co-founder rejected a make-up brand pitch because it was a competitor business of her friend and fellow shark Vineet Singh. A section of people on social media slammed her for being biased in a pitch selection. She shut the

She took to Twitter and shut the trolls saying, “Being a shark doesn’t mean we are not entitled to our independent values & speaking candidly so if I don’t invest in a fellow sharks competition, that’s me, no regrets & if I call out toxicity & don’t join the ignorant that celebrate people w lack of integrity.. that’s me :)” She added another tweet in which she shared Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw’s quote that read, “I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and besides, the pig likes it.”

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Sharing the quote, Namita wrote, “ So relevant and true.”Soon after people slammed her for comparing Shark Tank India fans to a pig. One of the Twitterati commented, “Using Word like Pig for others Mam don’t forget no one knows About Emcure and So-called Namita Thapar. If god has given you publicity maintain it. By posting such a Quote and msg You yourself Portraying Yourself as a Pig.” Another criticized, “Calling Shark tank fans pig is a new low”. Check out the Twitter reactions here:

Meanwhile, Namita Thapar is once again joined by Aman Gupta , Vineeta Singh , Peyush Goyal, and Anupam Mittal on the judge's panel in the second season of Shark Tank India. Ashneer Grover, the popular judge of Shark Tank India season one, is replaced by Amit Jain in the second season. The business reality show began premiering on January 2, 2023, on SonyLIV.