Namita Thapar REACTS after netizens troll her for rejecting Vineeta Singh’s competitor brand, says, ‘If I don’t invest in a fellow shark’s competition...’

Shark Tank India judge Namita Thapar strongly reacted to the trolls that said the judges purposefully rejected Vineeta Singh's competitor brand.

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Mumbai: `Shark Tank` judge Namita Thapar, on Tuesday, reacted to the social media trolling for not investing in Vineeta Singh`s competitor brand. Taking to Twitter, Namita wrote, "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 shark's 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 :)." 

The second season of the popular show `Shark Tank India` started on January 2 and it seems like just after the first episode was telecasted, the show fell into a fresh controversy. During the first episode, all the sharks got impressed by the pitch from a makeup brand, despite that the pitch was rejected by the sharks mainly because it was a competitor brand to Vineeta Singh`s, Sugar Cosmetics.  

See the tweet by shark Namita Thapar

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 :)

— Namita (@namitathapar) January 3, 2023

"Shark Tank India Season 2 made it clear that it is a friendship club of rich people sitting there to demotivate hard-working individual businesses who make `profits`. Utterly ridiculous, never saw anything of this sort happening in the US Version ever," a user wrote on Twitter. Another user wrote,"@amangupta0303 and @namitathapar gave a pathetic excuse for not investing in Recode Show name must be friendship tank of India not Shark tank India Promoting monopoly in the name of friendship." 

The show is based on the popular concept of the show of the same name - Shark Tank USA. It launched its first season in December last year. Apart from Namita and Vineeta, sharks from the previous season Aman Gupta and Anupam Mittal are also a part of this season along with the new shark on the panel Amit Jain.