We’ve seen him at loggerheads with his co-judges on Voice of India. Well, singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya is once again seen waging a verbal war – though this time on a different battle field. The Ek Se Badhkar Ek judge took offence to host Ravi Kissen questioning his judgment on singer Emon Chatterjee.

Emon, the Indian Idol 3 contestant has often been termed a Sonu Nigam clone not just for his singing but also for his looks. In one of the episodes, Abhijeet lashed out at Emon for resorting to such easy measures. Ravi, who is known to be friendly with Emon, countered Abhijeet’s judgment by saying, “Even though Emon tried to sing like Sonu he should be appreciated as he did a very good job at it.” This enraged Abhijeet and what followed was a war of words.

When contacted, Abhijeet had this to say, “I’ve always stood-up for an original voice. Unfortunately, on that day Emon even put the word duplicate to shame. We (Hindi film industry) are fighting against piracy, but encouraging such singing is like listening to a pirated track.”

Adding further, he says, “I have nothing personal against Emon. My comments were aimed for his betterment. I’m glad that he’s taken it in the right spirit and in the following episode he gave a miraculous performance. What upset me is Ravi’s countering my point which is tantamount to questioning my credibility. I have had a word with the production house and they’ve asked such people to stick to their task only.’

Ravi Kissen was unavailable for comment.

Now we know why this show is titled ‘Ek Se Badhkar Ek.