Published 19:48 IST, June 15th 2020

Sonu Sood named ‘corona fighter king' by fans in Odisha, actor says "I don’t deserve this"

Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood has been hailed as 'Corona fighter King' by his fans in Odisha. Read on to know how the actor reacted to this title

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Sonu Sood has been helping migrant workers stranded in Mumbai reach ir homes all across India. A few of his fans from Odisha me a large hoarding of actor and named him 'Corona Fighter King'. However, taking to his Twitter, Sonu Sood said that simply blessings are eugh for him.

Sonu Sood hailed as 'Corona fighter king' by his Odia fans

In a viral video on Twitter, a group of men could be seen decorating place around a hoarding with flowers and making chalk designs on ro. hoarding says, "Sonu Sood Corona fighter king". Besides Sonu Sood, Odia actors, Sabyasachi Mishra and Rani Panda were also hailed as 'Corona Fighter King' and 'Corona Fighter Queen' respectively. tweet also said that se three actors are worshipped in Odisha.

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Reacting to tweet, Sonu Sood on Twitter said it was a sweet gesture by his Odia fans. Reposting video and tweet, he also said that he doesn't deserve title. He is only content with ir love and blessings. Check out tweet here:

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Sonu Sood has been helping migrant workers reach ir home in various parts of country. Recently, he helped 167 migrant workers stuck in Kerala reach ir home in Orissa. Sood arranged a special chartered flight for ir journey. 147 women and 20 men were transported by Air Asia's flight from Kochi to Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar.

Most of se Odia women worked for textile sector in Kerala, doing stitching and embroidery work. According to reports, y have been trying to reach home for several weeks w. ir troubles came to an end when someone on Twitter posted about it and brought situation to Sonu Sood's attention. Although it was proposed initially to bring back se women by eir train or bus, actor offered to send m by a chartered flight inste.

In a statement by Sonu Sood, he said that when he stepped forward to help stranded migrant workers all he h in his mind was to reunite m with ir families. Taking to his Twitter account, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik thanked actor. Here's what he tweeted: