well yes shamit always said he prefers arijit on public, but what about with arpita, he said to arpita that they will make best fame jodi, was he cheating to arpit or arijit, and shamit was not a fool to go public saying he prefers arijit over arpita, this way arpita would have ditched shamit, shamit was playing his cards smartly, it really doesnt matter who u be fame jodi with, as long as u r there, he was ensuring that he has the support of arijit as well as arpita, this is what created confusion for arijit and he took this step