Abhijeet Sawant refutes Amit Sana’s claim that Indian Idol voting lines were rigged against him: ‘Would’ve caused riots’

He added, “In life, when we regret and blame things on other people, we do it to reduce pressure on ourselves. After you blame someone, you become free. But you shouldn’t do that. You have to just work, we are all here to work and not to blame each other. During the show, if he was naive, so was I, I didn’t work for the Ambani family. It is not possible to block lines because it is such a big show, it can cause riots. The votes came in crores.”

Speaking about success of the contestants post Indian Idol, Abhijeet said, “After the show, albums came out. First my album came, then Amit’s came and for Rahul music directors, Sajid-Wajid, did the whole album. But my album sold 13 lakh copies and their albums couldn’t even cross a lakh. So you say your lines were blocked, but people can buy your album right? There should be a right theory to explain this claim, but that theory doesn’t exist.”

In an earlier interview with Siddharth Kannan, Amit accused the channel of blocking his voting lines before the Indian Idol 1 finale, alleging political influence in Abhijeet’s win. However, he mentioned he hadn’t personally investigated the matter.