Income Tax Officer in Sonu Sood premises Aam Aadmi Party alleges – trying to intimidate

Actor Sonu Sood's name became one of the top trends on social media on Wednesday amid reports of Income Tax officials arriving at some premises of actor Sonu Sood.

Fans of Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress and Sonu Sood questioned the arrival of Income Tax officials. The Aam Aadmi Party alleged that this is an 'attempt to scare' Sonu Sood.

The Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently announced that Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador of the Aam Aadmi Party government's 'Desh Ke Mentor' programme. Sonu Sood had made it clear at that time that he has 'no intention to enter politics'.

News agency PTI quoted official sources as saying that Income Tax officials associated with actor Sonu Sood have reached the premises of Mumbai and some other places.

According to PTI, "officers are taking action in at least six places including Lucknow apart from Mumbai."

PTI quoted officials as saying that the Income Tax Department is "probing a real estate deal".

However, it could not be ascertained whether the department has conducted any investigation at Sonu Sood's house or not. Reactions started pouring in as soon as this news came out. The Aam Aadmi Party started questioning the intention of the central government regarding this.

Aam Aadmi Party's allegation

Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government recently made Sonu Sood the brand ambassador of the 'Desh Ke Mentor' program, who came into the limelight for helping those in trouble during the Korana epidemic. Through this program, school children will be given guidance about the future.

On the report of the Income Tax Department's 'survey' on Sonu Sood's premises, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that 'the truth is won by the truth'.

Kejriwal wrote on Twitter, "There are millions of difficulties on the path of truth, but truth always wins. With Sonu Sood ji, prayers are with millions of families of India who got Sonu ji's support in difficult times."

Sonu Sood was seen sharing the stage with Arvind Kejriwal at the end of last month.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi posted a video on Twitter and questioned the action of the Income Tax Department.

Atishi said, "Sonu Sood is such a person who is not only a Bollywood film star but also a social worker and public helping person who provided ration to people during Kovid. Helped people. It is very sad that The BJP government does an IT raid to scare them, they call it a survey."

What did the Trinamool Congress say?

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra also tweeted regarding the action of Income Tax Department.

Sonu Sood raided by IT @SonuSood …. No surprise now that he’s officially aligned with @AamAadmiParty.

Is ED next? Come on, tell us @BJP

— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) September 15, 2021

However, there has been no statement or reaction from Sonu Sood in this matter yet.

Sonu Sood has been in the news for delivering goods to the needy people during the Corona epidemic and for transporting the trapped laborers to their homes at different places. His name has often been trending on social media. At times he was also described as the 'messiah' and the 'source of inspiration' for others.

During the second wave of Corona, many of his videos surfaced in which he himself was seen delivering oxygen cylinders. Apart from this, a good amount was also raised by his appeal to help the people affected by Corona.

It was also reported that inspired by Sonu Sood, youths of tribal village of Saluru mandal of Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh decided to build a road in their village and that too without any official and government help.

speculation about joining politics

Meanwhile, such speculation also intensified that he may enter politics. He was asked such questions many times, but he did not give any clear answer.

Many times there were speculations that he might join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, but he surprised people by coming on a stage with Arvind Kejriwal.

Sonu Sood was born in Moga district of Punjab. It is believed that if he comes with the Aam Aadmi Party, then the condition of Arvind Kejriwal's party in the state can improve. However, Sonu Sood had ruled out the possibility of joining politics last month.

Sonu Sood rose to fame in Bollywood due to his work in films like 'Jodha Akbar' (2008) and 'Dabangg' (2010).

Since 2010, his career in Hindi films was not going very well. During this, he was working continuously in Tamil and Telugu films apart from Hindi small budget films.

Sonu was seen in the role of 'Chhedi Singh' in Bollywood's big star Salman Khan's film 'Dabangg'. This character gave him good fame. After that, he has been working in many films, but no other character could bring him the buzz like 'Chhedi Singh'. His name was shared on social media on Wednesday amid reports of Income Tax officials arriving at some premises of actor Sonu Sood. Joined the top trend.