Chandigarh: Actor Sonu Sood has been made the brand ambassador for Punjab’s anti-coronavirus vaccination programme.
During the coronavirus-induced lockdown final 12 months, the actor had helped migrants attain their house states.
Sood catapulted to the nationwide highlight for feeding 1000’s of underprivileged individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was considered as a messiah of types for migrants.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday (April 11) made the announcement, a day after his assembly with the actor who known as on him at his residence.
“Happy to share that actor & philanthropist @SonuSood will be the Brand Ambassador of our #Covid19 vaccination drive. I thank him for supporting our campaign to reach out to, and protect, every Punjabi, and appeal to all to get vaccinated at the earliest,” the chief minister tweeted.
Singh mentioned there isn’t any another ideally suited to encourage and affect individuals to take the vaccine.
“There is a lot of hesitancy among people here in Punjab. Sonu’s popularity among them, and his exemplary role in helping tens of thousands of migrants reach safely home since the pandemic broke out last year, will help counter their reservations,” he mentioned in an official assertion right here.
“When individuals hear this ‘Punjab da puttar’ speak about the advantages of the vaccine, and the way secure and important it’s, they may imagine him. Because they belief him,? he added.
Sood mentioned he was completely satisfied and honoured to be appointed the brand ambassador for the vaccination programme.
“I feel blessed to be playing any part in this huge campaign of the Punjab government to protect the lives of the people of my home state,” he added.
On the event, the actor offered to the chief minister his ebook ‘I’m no Messiah’, which he says captures his experiences of his journey from Moga to Mumbai.
“I truly believe I am no saviour. I am just a human being playing my own small part in the big plans of God. If I can, in the process, touch any lives in any manner, I can only say ? God has blessed me, he is guiding me to fulfil my duty,” Sood mentioned in one other assertion.Â
