Just read a topic about somebody complaining about Gujarathis voting for Mauli Dave and Punjabis for Harpreet etc. My question is should the contestants and judges be allowed to request for votes in regional languages and should judges ask people from their area, their linguist community to vote for a particular candidate just because she is from that region? Why not let the contestants appeal just in Hindi. Judges talking to Mauli in Hindi and appealing for votes in Gujarati looks really bad. Same way Aneek asking for votes in Bangla and even Bappi da requesting votes for Mauli in Bangla or Harpreet and Raja thanking Punjab and Rajasthan respectively for voting for them. Why bring regionalism into a so called Vishwayudh. They claim to be expanding the frontiers of the program beyond India to the world but contestants are unfortunately stuck in narrow boundaries of language, community, and country.
I admire Amanat and Poonam for that. They don't thank any particular region or place for their votes as far as I can remember. Correct me if I am wrong. Poonam had been hyped with her background but I doubt if she has used regionalism. Amanat that way is the best.