With the political parties fighting the ballot-battle in the virtual arena amidst restrictions on physical roadshows and rallies for February 20 Punjab polls, Punjab Congress has come up with a latest campaign video - inspired by 2018’s Hollywood superhero movie “Avengers” - featuring Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as the mighty god of thunder “Thor” and Rahul Gandhi as “Bruce Banner”.
Through the 34 seconds video, the Congress has virtually declared war against its rival political parties. Sharing it on its social media handles, the party captioned, “We will do whatever it takes to redeem our beloved State from the clutches of evil forces working against the interest of Punjab and its people”.
In the video, Channi can be seen as “Thor” carrying the Stormbreaker, Rahul Gandhi as “Bruce Banner” wearing the Hulkbuster, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu as ‘Captain America’, and senior party leader Sunil Kumar Jakhar as “Groot”.
The video, which starts with Hulk-Rahul Gandhi announcing “Koi na bachna tussi” (you can no longer be saved) in a warning to the opponents, also portrays Channi in the lead role - in an indication to be the party’s choice of CM candidate.
Interestingly, Channi was seen exhibiting his fighting skills in the clip swinging the iconic Stormbreaker - Thor’s weapon - to take on his opponents.
That was not all! The video also features Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, and former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh as “alien-enemies” with their faces superimposed on it.
Sidhu, who has all along been eyeing the Chief Ministerial berth and insisting on the high command to declare the party CM nominee, has somewhat been sidelined in the clip as a warrior fighting alongside the “hero” Channi.
Another contender for the CM post - State’s former party chief Sunil Jakhar - is also portrayed as another warrior who sprints along with Channi fearlessly straight into the enemy territory to kill them.
Even as the Congress leadership is building up the narrative of fighting polls under “collective leadership” of Channi-Sidhu-Jakhar combine, the video - attracting nearly 5,000 likes - has, it seems, given some indications. Earlier also, the Congress had shared a video clip indicating Channi being the party face for the elections.
The video came about a week after the Aam Aadmi Party released a video promoting their Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann by taking an inspiration from Bollywood movie.