Chandigarh: Amid the pandemic, there is a ban imposed on rallies, and roadshows by the Election Commission. Hence, the only mode of campaigning is digital mode. Taking to twitter, Congress posted a video inspired from Marvel movie. This time Congress has chosen to show Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as superhero Thor, a character based on the Marvel Comics.
In the video shared on Twitter by Congress Party, taking inspiration from the superhero movie ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ — starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans and others — and superimposed Mr Channi’s face on Thor’s, a character based on the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology..
Congress has tweeted the video with the caption, “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.”
The famous war seen of the movie has been used. In the video faces of the actors are swapped with the political party leaders. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been portrayed as Bruce Banner aka The Hulk while Navjot Singh Sidhu has been likened to Captain America — both superhero characters from the original movie.
Avengers has a huge fan-following country-wide, and hence by doing so the Congress has tried to gain up votes in their vote-bank.
The clip also shows the faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal swapped with those of the characters of aliens, portraying them as the enemy.
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh who has floated his own party, the Punjab Lok Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal have also been portrayed as evil aliens in the clip.
In the video Marvel Theme Song is being played in the background. The video begins with Mr Channi’s entry as Thor slashing the throats of several aliens using the ‘Stormbreaker’ — an axe-shaped weapon used by the character in the movie — and coming to the rescue of his fellow party members.
The clip shows, Gandhi shouting “you can no longer be saved” as a war cry in Punjabi language as his character gears up to fight and ends with Channi and others running towards the enemies with their weapons and killing them.
The video has went viral on Social Media.
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