Congress fields Mandi, Himachal Pradesh’s Vikramaditya Singh against Kangana Ranaut

GG News Bureau
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 14th April.  Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh will see Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh challenge BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut.

A list of sixteen additional candidates for the Lok Sabha elections was released by the Congress on Saturday, April 13. Manish Tewari, a former Union minister for the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency, was also fielded by the Congress.  The other candidates on the list were the following: Vinod Sultanpuri from Shimla, Mohan Hembram from Keonjhar, Ramji Thakor from Mahesana, Himmatsinh Patel from Ahmedabad East, Pareshbhai Dhanani from Rajkot, Naishadh Desai from Navasari, Anant Prasad Sethi from Bhadrak, Anchal Das from Jajpur, Sidharth Swarup Das from Kendrapara, Rabindra Kumar Sethy from Jagatsinghpur, Sucharita Mohanty from Puri, and Yasir Nawa from Bhubaneswar were also on the list.

The head of the Congress’s Himachal Pradesh branch, Pratibha Singh, is the father of Vikramaditya Singh.

Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh criticized Kangana Ranaut on Thursday for her “Chhota Pappu” comment, saying he would pray to Lord Ram to give her some “sense.”

Singh claimed in a video message that Kangana Ranaut is trying to mislead the public and divert attention from the problems facing the state. He also issued her with a challenge to a debate.

“We hold Kangana Ranaut, our older sister, in the highest regard. She spoke to the Manali folks today.”

“Rather than criticising the Congress party and its leaders, it would have been more constructive if she had addressed the significant disaster that occurred in Manali a few months ago, which is considered one of the biggest calamities of the century,” said Singh.