Helming the political campaign in her very first innings, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is grabbing attention as the BJP nominee to contest from Himachal Pradesh Mandi Lok Sabha constituency. As per being updated by the Election Commission about the trends, the 37-year old actor leads with more than 70 thousand votes suggesting at the probable margin victory.
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Sharp Jabs at Opponent
Earlier today, when trends indicated that she is leading, Ranaut said, “Times are proving unkind to those disrespecting daughters of Mandi. About my supposed shift to Mumbai, this is the ‘Janmabhoomi’ where I was born and intend to continue helping people… So, I am not the one who will have to leave this place. Maybe someone else should pack his bags. ”
While replying to her opponent Vikramaditya Singh, contesting from Congress, Ranaut advised him, “It is high time he should now pack his bags and leave. ” This was in response to claims that she would shift base to Chandigarh once the elections were over. “They will have to fume for the repercussions of uttering such ill of a woman… And that is becoming evident today, the way we have got the lead,” she continued.
Gratitude and Campaign Strategies
Being the active user of the social media site Instagram, she also wrote a than you note to Mandi. They were all reshaped by her into the following sentences: “Dearest people of Mandi, this love and this trust given is so immense that the candidate, it belongs to you all, it is the victory of believing in the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and the BJP, it is the victory of Sanatan Dharma, it is the victory of rewarding the markets.
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The BJP, which secured all the nine Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 2019, used Modi’s dominance to lift it above. They also launched three election rallies in their campaign to convince the masses to vote for them. The party targeted to gain all the parliamentary seats, at least six of the Assembly seats must be won. On the other hand, the Congress relied on its large base and other fundamentals such as having a strong base of 2.5 lakh government employees. The previous Congress government led by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had fulfilled this demand of restoring the pre-2016 pension scheme in a bid to influence this powerful vote bank.
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