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Congress makes use of Sonu Sood to undertaking Channi as CM face, Sidhu supporters deny

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Ahead of the upcoming Vidhan Sabha polls within the State of Punjab, Congress is projecting incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi because the face of the occasion.
On Monday (January 17), the official Twitter deal with of the Congress posted a video of actor Sonu Sood, not directly endorsing Channi because the Chief Ministerial candidate. “The real CM/ King is the one who is directly given the throne… Such a leader does not need to struggle or prove to others that he is a deserving candidate. It is like taking a backbencher and giving him the throne,” he was heard as saying.
“Such a politician will have the ability to transform the country,” the Bollywood actor concluded. Although the quick monologue of Sonu Sood didn’t title any political chief, the video was adopted by photographs of Charanjit Singh Channi. With elections only a month away in Punjab, the Congress occasion appears to have thrown its weight behind the incumbent Punjab CM.
बोल रहा पंजाब, अब पंजे के साथ- मजबूत करेंगे हर हाथ। pic.twitter.com/qQOZpnKItd— Congress (@INCIndia) January 17, 2022
The video was additionally retweeted by the official Twitter deal with of the Punjab Congress. The growth comes hours after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal introduced that the title of the occasion’s Chief Ministerial candidate will probably be declared on Tuesday (January 18).
Interestingly, the video not simply ‘presents’ Channi in a Bollywood type ‘hero-entry’ sequence, it additionally not directly takes a dig on Sidhu, insinuating that ‘real’ CMs shouldn’t have to battle for the CM’s submit.
Punjab Congress retweeted the video of Sonu Sood
With speculations on the rise about Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu being sidelined by the grand previous occasion, a supply from the ‘Sidhu camp’ tried to downplay the importance of the video posted by the official Twitter deal with of the Congress.
While chatting with India Today, the supply claimed that the video that includes Sonu Sood and Charanjit Singh Channi was posted by the social media struggle room and ‘promo team’ of the occasion. “They often edit clips and put them on the social media handle to create buzz,” he added. The supply claimed that the occasion’s social media staff tweets about each Sidhu and CM Channi once in a while.
He concluded, “This should not be seen as an official announcement or sanction by the Congress party high command.” On Monday (January 17), the Election Commission of India (ECI) knowledgeable that the Vidhan Sabha elections for the State of Punjab had been re-scheduled from February 14 to February 20 this 12 months.