Mandi Lok Sabha Seat

Newly-elected BJP MP and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has asked people in her constituency, Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, to bring their Aadhaar Cards with them if they want to meet her, drawing Congress' ire.

BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat Kangna Ranaut on Tuesday termed her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh "bigdel shehzada (spoiled prince)" and said perhaps his mother did not teach him to respect women.

Kangana Ranaut, the BJP candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, on Tuesday filed her nominations for the Lok Sabha seat.

Actor Kangana Ranaut, who is the first Bollywood celebrity to contest Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh, has been maintaining a distance from the media during the campaign but has been welcoming to common voters.

The stage is set for a battle royale in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat as the Congress on Saturday pitted state minister Vikramaditya Singh, the titular king of the erstwhile princely state of Bushahr, against BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut.

Amid a drama over the Congress nominee for Himachal's Mandi Lok Sabha seat against the BJP's Kangana Ranaut, state Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Saturday said that the party leaders believe that a young leader should be fielded.

KTR took a jibe at BJP's candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi seat, Kangana Ranaut, after she called freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose "India's first Prime Minister".

The Congress wrested the Mandi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP and the Shiv Sena recorded its first major win outside Maharashtra by winning in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the October 30 bypolls results of which were declared on Tuesday.

The Congress on Tuesday won the Mandi Lok Sabha and all three Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh where the bypolls were held on October 30, a setback for the ruling BJP, with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur saying the party will introspect.

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena are leading in one each of the three Lok Sabha seats where bypolls were held on Saturday. Of these, the BJP is retaining Khandwa -- the constituency in Madhya Pradesh -- where Gyaneshwar Patil is leading the field

Villagers in three panchayats in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district boycotted the bypoll to the Mandi Lok Sabha seat today in protest against the construction of a hydro-electric project, which they claimed will adversely affect the environment.

The Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh witnessed highest voter turnout of over 27 per cent while the Mandi Lok Sabha seat saw the lowest polling at over 19 per cent till 12 pm.

Being seen as the semifinals for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly elections next year, bypolls for Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur, and Jubbal-Kotkhai Vidhan Sabha seats will be held on Saturday.

The BJP has fielded Kargil War hero Brigadier (retd) Khushal Singh as its candidate for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat against the Congress' Pratibha Singh for the upcoming bypolls.

Fearing rejection of nomination, Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retired), a decorated officer who played a crucial in the 1999 Kargil war, on Friday filed nomination papers as the substitute candidate for BJP's Ram Swaroop Sharma for Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.

Newly-elected BJP MP and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has asked people in her constituency, Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, to bring their Aadhaar Cards with them if they want to meet her, drawing Congress' ire.

BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat Kangna Ranaut on Tuesday termed her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh "bigdel shehzada (spoiled prince)" and said perhaps his mother did not teach him to respect women.

Kangana Ranaut, the BJP candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, on Tuesday filed her nominations for the Lok Sabha seat.

Actor Kangana Ranaut, who is the first Bollywood celebrity to contest Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh, has been maintaining a distance from the media during the campaign but has been welcoming to common voters.

The stage is set for a battle royale in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat as the Congress on Saturday pitted state minister Vikramaditya Singh, the titular king of the erstwhile princely state of Bushahr, against BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut.

Amid a drama over the Congress nominee for Himachal's Mandi Lok Sabha seat against the BJP's Kangana Ranaut, state Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Saturday said that the party leaders believe that a young leader should be fielded.

KTR took a jibe at BJP's candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi seat, Kangana Ranaut, after she called freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose "India's first Prime Minister".

The Congress wrested the Mandi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP and the Shiv Sena recorded its first major win outside Maharashtra by winning in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the October 30 bypolls results of which were declared on Tuesday.

The Congress on Tuesday won the Mandi Lok Sabha and all three Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh where the bypolls were held on October 30, a setback for the ruling BJP, with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur saying the party will introspect.

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena are leading in one each of the three Lok Sabha seats where bypolls were held on Saturday. Of these, the BJP is retaining Khandwa -- the constituency in Madhya Pradesh -- where Gyaneshwar Patil is leading the field

Villagers in three panchayats in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district boycotted the bypoll to the Mandi Lok Sabha seat today in protest against the construction of a hydro-electric project, which they claimed will adversely affect the environment.

The Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh witnessed highest voter turnout of over 27 per cent while the Mandi Lok Sabha seat saw the lowest polling at over 19 per cent till 12 pm.

Being seen as the semifinals for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly elections next year, bypolls for Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur, and Jubbal-Kotkhai Vidhan Sabha seats will be held on Saturday.

The BJP has fielded Kargil War hero Brigadier (retd) Khushal Singh as its candidate for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat against the Congress' Pratibha Singh for the upcoming bypolls.

Fearing rejection of nomination, Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retired), a decorated officer who played a crucial in the 1999 Kargil war, on Friday filed nomination papers as the substitute candidate for BJP's Ram Swaroop Sharma for Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.