"Charanjit Channi Didn't Get Time, Deserves Another Chance": Actor Sonu Sood To NDTV

Sonu Sood reiterated that he isn't associated with any party and is only supporting his sister, who he says has been involved in social work.

The Congress leadership should give another chance to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as he didn't get much time at the top job in the state, actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood told NDTV, while also maintaining that he is not associated with any political party. He also called state Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu a good and honest man and said that he always speaks from the heart. 

"I have met Mr Channi, he is a grounded man and naturally makes you smile. His work as Chief Minister in the last three months is praiseworthy but it's very little time for anyone to work. It's as if you went to bat and have your eye on the ball but a tea break is suddenly announced. I think he should get to bat after the tea break as well," he said. 

Mr Sood said he believes the Congress should declare its Chief Ministerial candidate to help people identify the leader, and it's their right to know. "When I met with the leadership, I told them that it's very important that you make the announcement," he added. 

On Aam Aadmi Party's Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann, he said that he hasn't followed him much politically and had met him once as an artist many years ago. "I am yet to see how he emerges as a leader but if his party has decided then they must have thought about it," he said.