Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Sunday took to Twitter to express gratitude and thank actor Sonu Sood for helping migrants return home amid the COVID-19 crisis. The Bollywood actor has been arranging buses to help thousands of migrants go back to their villages amid the lockdown due to the global pandemic.

I’ve had the privilege of knowing you as a professional colleague for over 2 decades now @SonuSood & celebrated your rise as an actor ;but the kindness you have displayed in these challenging times makes me prouder still ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008fthank you for helping those in needðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008fðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008f https://t.co/JcpoZRIr8M

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 24, 2020

Sonu Sood has been hailed as a real hero by netizens for responding to the plight of the migrants from various states and helping them. Union minister Smriti Irani retweeted one of Sood's responses and thanked the actor for helping those in need during the nationwide lockdown.