Congress fields Vikramaditya Singh against Kangana Ranaut from Mandi in Himachal

Vikramaditya Singh, the Congress MLAin Himachal Pradesh, will be fighting against BJP's Kangana Ranaut in Mandi Lok Sabha constituency of the state.

The Congress on Saturday (April 13) announced a list of 16 more candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

Congress also fielded former Union minister Manish Tewari from the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency.

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The other candidates in the list were Ramji Thakor from Mahesana, Himmatsinh Patel from Ahmedabad East, Pareshbhai Dhanani from Rajkot, Naishadh Desai from Navasari, Vinod Sultanpuri from Shimla, Mohan Hembram from Keonjhar, Shrikant Kumar Jena from Balasore, Anant Prasad Sethi from Bhadrak, Anchal Das from Jajpur, Sashmita Behera from Dhenkanal, Sidharth Swarup Das from Kendrapara, Rabindra Kumar Sethy from Jagatsinghpur, Sucharita Mohanty from puri and Yasir Nawa from Bhubaneswar.

Vikramaditya Singh is the son of the Congress' Himachal Pradesh unit chief Pratibha Singh.

Slamming Kangana Ranaut for her ‘Chhota Pappu’ remark, Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh said on Thursday that he would pray to Lord Ram to give her some "sense."

In a video message, Singh expressed that Kangana Ranaut is attempting to mislead the public and shift the focus away from the state's issues. He also challenged her to engage in a debate with him.

"We respect our elder sister Kangana Ranaut in high regard. Today, she addressed the people of Manali."

"Rather than criticising the Congress party and its leaders, it would have been more constructive if she had addressed the significant disaster that occurred in Manali a few months ago, which is considered one of the biggest calamities of the century," Singh remarked.

(With inputs from agencies)