Mandi: Himachal Pradesh will vote for all the four seats in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Friday, June 1. The Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking a hat-trick of winning all the four seats in the polls.
The ruling Congress is hoping to translate its 2022 assembly poll victory into a Lok Sabha poll success in all the four seats of Kangra, Hamirpur, Mandi and Shimla.
According to the data shared by the Election Commission, there are over 1.70 lakh voters across the state aged between 18 and 19 years who will be voting for the first time.
Mandi is among the high-profile constituencies to watch out for in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, who is pitted against Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh. The constituency is currently represented by Vikramaditya Singh’s mother Pratibha Singh. “Maximum work in the constituency revolves around highways and tunnels and after winning, I would be working the most with Nitin Gadkari,” Ranaut had told the media.
On the other hand, Vikramaditya Singh hit out at Ranaut, saying she has no understanding or dedication to the issue of the state. “There are 14 lakh daughters in Himachal Pradesh. So many of them studied and became IAS, IFS, etc. Some of them are into sports as well, and this lady (Kangana Ranaut) is also one of them. But when it comes to Himachal, she has no connection to Himachal’s issues, understanding, or history; she has no dedication or understanding about the issues,” he had said.
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