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Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a nail-biting contest in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as the BJP has fielded popular actress Kangana Ranaut. However, Congress has fielded state MLA Vikramaditya Singh as Mandi LS seat is considered a pocket borough of his family, although, most of the Assembly seats lying in Mandi LS seat where won by the BJP in the 2022 state polls in spite of Saffron party receiving a drubbing in that election.
Notably, Congress has been the most successful party in Mandi as it has won over 50% of all the Parliamentary elections from here since 1952. Vikramaditya's father and ex-Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh has represented the Mandi LS seat three times. Virbhadra's wife Pratibha Singh and Sukh Ram have also represented Mandi on three occasions.
 
In 2019 LS polls, Congress lost the Mandi LS seat by a margin of over 4 lakh votes and the Grand Old Party received a big setback from Himachal as it wasn't able to garner even 30% of the total votes polled in the state during that election. However, a bypoll was held on Mandi LS seat in 2021 in which Congress bagged the seat, although by a slender margin of less than 10,000 votes, as it fielded Pratibha Singh. Experts believe that the death of Virbhadra Singh in the months preceding the bypoll gave the advantage of the sympathy factor to his wife Pratibha.
 
There has been a war of words between Vikramaditya and Kangana in the run-up to the polls as the former has accused the Tanu Weds Manu actress of "disrespecting" the Sanatan Dharma after rumours of her consuming beef meat went viral on social media. However, the state unit of the BJP has filed a complaint against the Congress with the Election Commission of India against the Congress for "assassinating" Kangana's character

Latest Updates on Mandi

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Updated On: 09 Oct 2022 | 7:18 PM IST

Thakur said new initiatives were taken to ensure basic facilities in education sector in Seraj area. Strong infrastructure was developed to provide higher and vocational education to students, he said

Updated On: 14 Sep 2022 | 10:11 PM IST

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will on Monday visit flash flood and landslide hit areas in Mandi district, officials said

Updated On: 22 Aug 2022 | 8:47 AM IST

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed sustainable techniques for soil stabilization using a harmless bacteria called S. Pasteurii.

Updated On: 11 Apr 2022 | 12:34 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the ground breaking ceremony for 287 investment projects worth over Rs 28,197 crores in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi

Updated On: 28 Dec 2021 | 1:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mandi in Himachal Pradesh on Monday to lay the foundation stone of hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore

Updated On: 27 Dec 2021 | 6:51 AM IST

State-level agencies and cooperatives are also eligible for loans up to Rs 2 cr to build farm gate storage infra and processing facilities at interest subvention of 3%

Updated On: 09 Jul 2021 | 1:40 AM IST

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday attacked Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal over his letter regarding the issue of direct payment to farmers

Updated On: 04 Apr 2021 | 7:22 PM IST

Strongly defends farm acts says investments in agriculture will create jobs; again invites protesting farmers for talks

Updated On: 11 Feb 2021 | 12:13 AM IST

Chand's comments come hours before the central government is slated to hold the fifth round of negotiations with farmers' unions to end the now weeklong blockade of Delhi.

Updated On: 05 Dec 2020 | 1:19 PM IST

During this time of the year, potatoes and vegetables come from Punjab and Haryana

Updated On: 01 Dec 2020 | 11:53 PM IST

Overall, Indian employees felt positive about the manner in which their employers had treated them during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 59 per cent rating their company's treatment of staff "excellent"

Updated On: 21 Jun 2020 | 9:04 PM IST

Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis

Updated On: 07 May 2020 | 9:39 PM IST

Supplies remained unaffected and no unusual spike in prices says Mandi Chairman; 15 confirmed cases registered so far

Updated On: 30 Apr 2020 | 8:28 PM IST

Despite government effort, food companies, retailers continue to depend mainly on mandis for procurement

Updated On: 29 Apr 2020 | 10:41 PM IST

Heavy snowfall has been reported in Janjehali valley

Updated On: 13 Jan 2017 | 12:29 PM IST