That is the best way to manipulate people. If you are a mom and your two kids are fighting sometimes you need to pretend you are a friend to both. You need to say things like I know your sister is crazy but you are my good child, you are better than her so go make up with her. Then you go to the second child and you say the same thing that she is the more sensible child and she is the bigger person.
They are in this crazy house and it is ridiculous to think everyone will be seedha sadha I say it to your face kind of people like Gautam and Diandra who get into messes for being so blunt. Sometimes you need to tell few lies or manipulate others a little to see the bigger picture. Right now Puneet's intention is to show Diandra how terrible Gautam is. There is no one in the house worse than Gautam in Diandra's eyes. So you compare her with the person she hates the most. Puneet wants that group broken.
he is a manipulative man. Most of the time he is downright dirty. But he is very smart. He has been doing this since day 1 and he only got caught recently.