From Kamya Punjabi, Kishwer Merchant expressing their happiness to Vishal Kotian and VJ Andy calling out makers' decision: Former contestants react to Abhishek Kumar's return in Bigg Boss 17

Bigg Boss 17's last few episodes have been full of dramatic twists and turns. The most discussed incident of the week was Isha Maviya and boyfriend Samarth Jurel poking at her ex- Abhishek Kumar's mental health conditions. Captain Ankita Lokhande was given the power to decide the fate of Abhishek on the show as he broke the most important rule of the house of raising hands on someone and she decided to eliminate him. (Photo: Instagram)

In an interesting twist, Salman Khan brought back Abhishek inside the house and justified him slapping Samarth. He also called Abhishek slapping Samarth a heroic move and mentioned that the former was pushed to do physical violence due to the constant poking. Now, former Bigg Boss contestants have reacted to Abhishek's return to the show. While contestants like Kishwer Merchant and Kamya Punjabi have hailed makers and Salman Khan's decision, others have called them out. Take a look. (Photo: Instagram)

During the fight, while Abhishek triggered Isha Maviya by character assassinating her, Isha and Samarth kept poking Abhishek by calling him 'Apne baap ka mental beta'. They also triggered him by talking about how he was seeking mental health therapy in Chandigarh and after a point, the fight got out of hand and Abhishek slapped Samarth. Salman Khan asked the housemates who all wanted Abhishek back on the show and while the majority voted against him, Ankita Lokhande, Munawar Faruqui and Ayesha Khan raised their hands in favour. Kamya took to twitter also known as X and shared that Abhishek had come on the show at any cost. She wrote, "Arre agar koi bhi haath raise nahi karta tab bhi Abhishek waapas aata �� koi bata doh inn gharwalon ko #BB17 @ColorsTV." (Photo: Instagram)

From Isha Malviya, Samarth Jurel's fight with Abhishek Kumar to Ankita Lokhande becoming the captain of the house, the show saw many high points last week. Kishwer Merchant, who was seen in Bigg Boss season 9 feels Abhishek's comeback was a heroic move. She tweeted, "Abhishek is back *seeti* Hero Kaun hai pata chal Gaya �� #BiggBoss17." (Photo: Instagram)

Rajiv Adatia who shares a close bond with Abhishek Kumar and has been rooting for him was extremely happy seeing him back in the house. He wrote, "Anyway welcome back Abhishek Mere Bhai!!! Just seeing the reaction of you walking in!!! Hahahaahahahahahah!!! �������� it’s like they saw a ghost!!!." (Photo: Instagram)

Manu Panjabi, also a former contestant of Bigg Boss expressed his feelings on Abhishek's return and mentioned that the makers couldn't afford to send him out of the house. He wrote, "Abhishek Back..Sach tho Yeh Hai Makers afford nahin kar sakte usko nikalna��." (Photo: Instagram)

There were other celebs who felt the decision was unfair and one of them was Vishal Kotian, who reminded everyone last year's from Bigg Boss 16 when Shiv Thakare was made a villain after he had evicted Archana Gautam. He wrote, "Saw a repeat of last year. Rules bended according to convenience. #ArchanaGautam was taken back n #ShivThakare was made to look bad. #bb is a game of patience. Kaun hai yahan jo provoke nahi karta. Phir #Tehelka ko bhi le aao usne kya bigada hai.Ab to MARO AUR JEETO. #Bb17." (Photo: Instagram)

VJ Andy, who closely watches the show is also not in favour of Abhishek's comeback after physical violence. He blamed the makers of making Abhishek Kumar victim and Ankita Lokhande villain overnight just to bring the former back on the show. Andy tweeted, "Kaise kisi ko victim bana jab voh khud hi agressor hai #BiggBoss17 se seekiye. #VickyJain�� ko poocha agar aapke saath yeh hota toh? - par agar voh or koi aur #Bb17 haath utha tha kya usko vaapis lekar aate? #AnkitaLokahnde sahi kia #AbhishekKumar ko nikalke- ab usse gas light keejiye na..." (Photo: Instagram)

Many ardent fans of Bigg Boss were extremely elated with the decision of Abhishek's return and they expressed their happiness by trending him. However, there were others who questioned the decision. Take a look: A user thanked Salman Khan and wrote, "He was not supposed to say this but he chose to say right on their faces�������� Will forever be grateful to SK for this moment �� Look at the bullies expressions ������" (Photo: Instagram)

Another highlighted about housemates reaction when Salman informed about how audiences' reacted to Abhishek slapping Samarth," The moment when told #SalmanKhan told housemates jb #AbhishekKumar ne #SamarthJurel ko maara haii toh joh taliyan aur jo setiyan bji hai���� nd audience was like "aur maar sale ko" ��like ek hero pit rha haii (abhi) villian (sam)se nd last mein hero ne uthke jo maara hai...#BB17" A user felt Salman tried too hard to justify Abhishek's actions, "Salman is trying hard to justify rothdu #AbhishekKumar actions !!. • He is most disgusting guy who can only slap a girl & then show himself as victim !!. #AbhishekKumar�� is most venomous guy who can only split venom about #IshaMalviya !!." (Photo: Instagram)