Election Commission withdraws Sonu Sood’s appointment as Punjab’s icon

The election fee of India has withdrawn actor Sonu Sood’s appointment as state icon for Punjab. Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer Dr S Karuna Raju has confirmed that the ECI had withdrawn the appointment of Sonu Sood as a state icon of Punjab on January 4. Earlier, the officer had despatched a proposal to the ECI concerning withdrawal of Sonu Sood’s appointment and so they had authorized the identical. On seventh January 2022 the election fee has revoked this resolution.
Though the explanation behind this withdrawal isn’t specified, it should be famous that the actor’s sister had introduced that she’s going to contest the upcoming state meeting elections.
Press Release:Election Commission of India has withdrawn the appointment of Actor Sonu Sood as a state icon for Punjab.#TheCEOPunjab #PunjabVotes2022@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI @rajivkumarec @DDNewslive— Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab (@TheCEOPunjab) January 7, 2022
The removing
The Punjab CEO had on December 10 2021 written to the Election Commission of India recommending the withdrawal of Sonu Sood because the state icon of Punjab. This was authorized by the ECI. The resolution to take away Sonu Sood because the state icon has come after the official announcement made by the actor in a press convention concerning the entry of her sister Malvika Sood Sacher into politics. Aged 39, Malvika is prone to contest the elections from the Moga constituency. Sonu had refused to disclose the title of the political occasion and the constituency however he had expressed the curiosity and desire for his hometown.

Appointed as Punjab’s icon in November 2020
The Chief Election Officer of Punjab had appointed him because the icon of the state in November 2020. It was reportedly as a result of he had helped a number of folks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nevertheless, a number of allegations of fraud had emerged towards Sood, that was ignored by the state. The tweet by the officer’s deal with had stated that “The real hero of people is now the state icon of Punjab – Sonu Sood.”
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been appointed because the state icon of Punjab by Election Commission.The announcement was made on the Twitter deal with by the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. It learn, “The real hero of people is now the state icon of Punjab – Sonu Sood” pic.twitter.com/DaGQUdrlSG— INDO CANADA TV (@indocanadatv) November 17, 2020
What had Sonu Sood stated within the press convention?
While speaking within the press convention held at his residence, Sonu Sood had stated, “Politics is the biggest platform for serving people. You can change people’s lives with just one signature. Besides, the system can be made better by staying in it. I want to announce that Malvika will definitely come forward to serve people. She has done great work by serving society in the past and she had got a lot of love from people for this. Now she is ready and wants to return this love back to people.”