Bollywood actresses speak up against cyber bullies

B-Town actresses Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Priyanka Chopra have spoken against social media users who mock celebrities for their views and ideas on socio-political issues.

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Sonam, who earlier this week got into a Twitter troll over a four-day meat ban here by terming it "misogynistic", called upon the victims of internet bullying to stand up for themselves:

Sonakshi Sinha too was a victim to Twitter troll earlier this week, when her opinion against the meat ban annoyed some users.

"This is a free country! Welcome to BAN-istan... I meant India... Stupid autocorrect," the Dabangg actress tweeted:

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

She then gave out a strong reply:

Sonam lauded Sonakshi's stand by tweeting:

Priyanka, who is shooting in the US for the American TV series Quantico, expressed support for her tinsel town colleagues:

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It didn't take long for fans to tweet in favour of these beauties:

This is not the first time that actresses have been targeted on social media platforms. In the past, actresses including Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone have been judged for their views on Twitter.