Congress on Monday sent an apparent signal of backing Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the poll-bound state by tweeting a 36-second video in which actor Sonu Sood says the “real chief minister is the one who does not have to tell he is the chief ministerial candidate”.
The video is titled: “Punjab is speaking, now with hand (symbol of the Congress) – will strengthen every hand”.
Along with Sonu Sood, the video has clips of CM Charanjit Singh Channi with background music resembling the score of a Bollywood movie. No other Punjab Congress leader features in the video.
“The real chief minister or the real king is the one who is forcibly brought to the chair. He does not have to struggle. Do not have to tell him that I am the chief minister’s candidate, I deserve it. He should be someone who is a backbencher. He is someone who comes from behind and is told he is worthy of it (the post), whoever becomes that, can change the country,” Sonu Sood can be heard saying in the video.