Kangana Ranaut is the primary Bollywood movie star to contest Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh
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Actor Kangana Ranaut, who’s the primary Bollywood movie star to contest Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh, has been sustaining a distance from the media throughout the marketing campaign however has been welcoming to widespread voters: dancing with them at instances, interacting of their dialects and obliging to their selfie requests.
She has up to now been concentrating on small gatherings and roadshows, the place folks first attempt to get a glimpse of her from shut quarters after which doubtlessly get clicked with the ”Queen” star.
Selfies and group images with the actor, who has been fielded by the BJP from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, are in vogue as it’s the first time a celeb is contesting elections in Himachal Pradesh.
Kangana Ranaut throughout a public assembly in Kullu
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Kangana Ranaut throughout an election marketing campaign in Mandi
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Movies of Ms Ranaut, who hails from Mandi, dancing with native ladies and sweeping temple premises throughout her marketing campaign have gone viral.
To forge an on the spot join, she usually interacts together with her potential voters of their dialects and emphasises that she is a daughter of Mandi.
मंडी की मेरी माताओं-बहनों का इस प्यारे गीत के लिए बहुत-बहुत आभार।
आप सभी का ये प्यार ही 400 पार की गारंटी है। pic.twitter.com/btzV2DUEkt
— Kangana Ranaut (Modi Ka Parivar) (@KanganaTeam) Might 4, 2024
Identified for her unfiltered remarks, Ms Ranaut has given some media bites however not but provided them an interplay involving questions and solutions.
BJP leaders say her typical marketing campaign day begins with paying obeisance on the temples of native deities. She focuses on the ladies voters, who comprise about 49 p.c of the entire voters of the state, and the youth.
Kangana Ranaut provides prayers on the Chaurasi temple advanced at Bharmour in Mandi
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Kangana Ranaut whispers within the ear of ’Nandi’ throughout her go to to the Baba Bhootnath Temple in Mandi
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She has mentioned she would guarantee ladies and men are ”equal in all spheres”.
Ms Ranaut, who usually voiced pro-BJP opinions even earlier than she joined the social gathering and was fielded from Mandi, bashes Congress leaders for his or her alleged anti-women remarks and talks derisively about dynastic politics.
Himachal Pradesh’s Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh, a scion of the erstwhile Rampur property, is her challenger from the Mandi Parliament seat. He’s the son of six-time chief minister late Virbhadra Singh and the present state Congress president Pratibha Singh.
Ms Ranaut usually makes use of the time period ”Shezada” to assault Vikramaditya Singh and takes digs at him by repeatedly asserting that, in contrast to him, she isn’t in politics due to her father or mom.
Kangana Ranaut addresses a public assembly in Manali
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She has mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an ”ansh” of Lord Ram and Vishnu and claims that she would work like folks’s postwoman, taking their points and issues to New Delhi.
However some folks, like Mahesh who’s a senior citizen from Sundernagar, really feel that Ms Ranaut’s private assaults and snide remarks towards her rivals may not go down nicely with voters in Himachal Pradesh though they is perhaps getting cheers from the gang.
”Such sorts of politics and insulting remarks don’t resonate with folks in Dev Bhoomi Himachal,” Mahesh mentioned.
The Mandi Parliament seat contains 17 meeting seats, eight are reserved for Schedule Tribe and Schedule caste.
These seats embrace Chamba district’s three tribal meeting constituencies — Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti and Bharmour; Kullu district’s all 4 meeting segments — Kullu, Manali, Banjar and Anni; Mandi district’s 9 meeting constituencies — Sundernagar, Balh, Mandi, Darang, Jogindernagar, Nachan, Seraj, Karsog and Sarkaghat; and Rampur in Shimla district.
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