He is the one that carried the message across to Soni.
All Gautam said was that soni was asking him if he is going to use house water.
He replied so what if he uses, didn't they use house mirchi etc for tasks.
Soni asked why he was replying in such a way than a plain answer.
Gautam said the samething to Pritam (sadly sushant was there)
Gautam also said no matter how he answers they react badly so he will not give plain answers.
Gautam did not say that Soni stopped him from using water.
This is Sushant who caused the misunderstanding, We dont know what he told Soni that she reacted the way she reacted.
Sushant is so invisible sometimes, if Minisha is talking to Deepshika about Aarya he is listening and when Aarya is talking to Karishma about Minisha, Sushant is right there.
So he is not in nominations, but he has the advantage of a lot of information. These people are failing to notice it.