“I Am Not Going To Make A Habit Of Explaining Myself,” Sonu Sood On Why He Responded To The Adminstration’s Tweet Accusing Him Of Taking Undue Credit for Helping The Distressed - EXCLUSIVE

Sonu Sood rightly ignores most of those questioning his noble work. But when a district magistrate refuted Sonu’s philanthropy, he opted to reply.

Subhash K Jha

Wed May 19 2021, 08:28:32 19676 views
There have been trolls attacking Sonu Sood’s relentless efforts to help the Covid distressed. Sonu rightly ignores most of those questioning his noble work.

But when a district magistrate refuted Sonu’s philanthropy, it was time for a response.

This  is what happened when Sonu’s team helped a needy man get a hospital bed in Odhisha. The district magistrate Ganjam district in Odhisha challenged Sonu’s endeavour tweeting, “We don’t received (sic.) any communication from @SoodFoundation or @SonuSood. Requested patient is in Home isolation and stable. No bed issues @BrahmapurCorp is monitoring it. @CMO_Odish.”

Sonu responded  tweeting, “Sir, We never claimed that we approached you, it's the needy who approached us and we arranged the bed for him, attached are the chats for your reference. Ur office is doing a great job & u can double check that we had helped him too. Have DM you his contact details. Jai hind."

I spoke to Sonu Sood on why he thought it  necessary to respond to this  particular  tweet.

Sonu explained, “The  denial (of the  effort  made to get  a hospital bed for  the Ganjam citizen) came from a responsible government  officer.  It was  therefore something I had to take  seriously.  I did not want any miscommunication or any misunderstanding with the Adminstration. I am sure they are  doing their  utmost to help the  people of their district. However  this  person did approach us with an SOS  for a hospital  bed. And we  did  arrange it, but not to be one-up on the Adminstration.”

Sonu feels the human ego should be  the last  consideration in this battle to  defeat  Covid. “We are  all this  together. Whether the  helping hand comes  from the Adminstration or an individual an Indian citizen like me, it is all  part of  the same endeavour to help the distressed during these critical times. This is  no occasion for  one-upmanship, Maine kiya, nahin maine kiya…all this is meaningless right now.”

However Sonu has no intentions of explaining his behavior in future. “Those who think I am a fraud or a fake are welcome to  think so. I am not doing what I am to make a name for myself. I am doing what every Indian should be doing right now.”

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