Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh on Saturday said the derogatory comments made against actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut were “unfortunate” even as he questioned her absence during the widespread destruction caused by heavy rains in the state in 2023.
Ranaut has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party as its candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. She will take on Congress state chief and sitting Mandi MP Pratibha Singh—the wife of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and the mother of Himachal Public Works Department minister Vikramaditya Singh.
Days after Ranaut was named the BJP candidate from Mandi, the Congress kicked up a proverbial storm after derogatory comments about the actor and her constituency were posted on the social media handles of its leaders Supriya Shrinate and HS Ahir.
“I would be the first to defend Kangana Ranaut if someone made an unwanted remark against her but where was she when the worst monsoon disaster struck Himachal?” Singh told reporters here, asserting that Ranaut was like his elder sister.
There is no disputing the fact that Ranaut has brought glory to Himachal Pradesh, but she must also answer why she remembered Mandi only after taking entering the political arena, he said.
“Where was she when the worst-ever monsoon disaster hit the state? She has a house in Mandi and Manali... has she even met any of the affected people in these places?” he said.
If she says that she is the daughter of Mandi, she should also remember that daughters are there for you during the good times and bad, he said.
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