The tussle between the two richest tycoons, a celebrity and a ‘royal’, is on in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi parliamentary constituency, the seat known for electing ‘royals’ most often.
For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded a woman and a Bollywood celebrity in the form of Kangana Ranaut, who will take on Vikramaditya Singh, a scion of the erstwhile Rampur ‘royal family’ and son of six-time Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Both the rivals have also campaigned aggressively.Taking aim at Kangana, Vikramaditya asked her vision regarding the development of Mandi parliamentary constituency.
Taking a dig at his rival, Vikramaditya said that Kangana is on a month-long political tour and after June 4, Kangana will pack her bags and return to Bollywood.
Retaliating, Kangana had called Vikramaditya ‘Chhota Pappu’.
Kangana asked him why he remained silent when Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu took ‘anti-Mandi decisions’ like stopping the Rs 250 crore Shiv Dhan project, reducing the jurisdiction of Mandi University and suppressing the Sundernagar airfield project.
Kangana’s main agenda includes improving connectivity in remote tribal areas and popularizing local cuisine and traditional attire, besides restarting all stalled projects and promoting women-centric rural tourism in Seraj and Karsog.
Vikramaditya said, Mandi will be made a smart city, this is my promise,He said that Jalori Jot Tunnel will be constructed on the lines of Rohtang Tunnel and besides construction of Beas river, remote Pangi area of ​​Chamba will be connected to Tissa.Â
Cases of alleged derogatory remarks made by Kangana on farmers during the farmers’ movement are coming to light and the United Kisan Manch has extended its support to Vikramaditya.
Kangana, on the other hand, received support from unexpected areas
.Kullu scion Maheshwar Singh, who was keen on the BJP ticket from Mandi; Ashray Sharma, grandson of former Union minister Sukh Ram, who lost to BJP candidate Ram Swaroop Sharma in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections; And Kargil hero Brigadier Khushal Singh, who lost to Pratibha Singh by a narrow margin in the 2021 parliamentary by-election, has extended his support to the Bollywood actress.
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