Me too. I felt sorry for Kushal as well. For the first time.
I actually felt that, compared to last week, where he was absolutely disgusting, this week Kushal was much better. His behavior was much better and there were no significant arguments. He is even getting on better with Arman. So, he should have been spared the wrath of Salman. Instead, I feel Salman should have praised him for doing so much better. It's like Ajaz said, bolo toh problem and na bolo toh problem. Salman doesn't like Kushal, period.
Also, it might be unfair if his dad is actually commanding ppl to vote for him. But as far as I understood, his dad is ASKING for votes. And I think everyone's families must be doing that, to the fullest extent that they can. 3 lac votes in a country of a billion ppl isn't that big a deal. Also who knows how many of those 3 lac actually vote for Kushal?
Also, Salman made it seem as if this is the only way Kushal is getting votes. I myself am not a Kushal fan, but even I can see he has a huge female fan following, judging from this forum. So he is definitely getting a lot of votes from them.
All in all, Kushal didn't deserve what he got today. I esp felt bad for him when he said that something goes wrong even when I try to be good.