Kangana Ranaut on way to Mandi to visit rain-ravaged areas

Congress has taken a excavation astatine BJP implicit Ranaut’s remark that she did not sojourn cloudburst-affected areas of Mandi connected ‘advice’ of Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. PTI file

BJP's Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut connected Saturday was connected her mode to the flash floods- and landslide-hit areas of the Himachal Pradesh district, a time aft the Congress took potshots that the authorities enactment enactment was riled by her absence.

As galore arsenic 14 radical person died and hunt is connected for 31 missing people, arsenic cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides caused monolithic demolition successful Mandi territory connected Tuesday.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda, erstwhile asked during a property league connected Saturday astir Ranaut's lack from her constituency during the tragedy, said that she volition sojourn Mandi soon.

The actor-turned-politician besides wrote successful an X station connected Friday, "I americium connected my mode to Himachal Pradesh, I volition beryllium visiting the affected areas soon. Please beryllium remainder assured that I basal with Himachal Pradesh successful each situation."

The station followed the ruling Congress' excavation astatine the BJP implicit Ranaut's remark that she has not visited the cloudburst-affected areas of Mandi connected the "advice" of authorities enactment person and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur.

In an earlier X station connected Friday, Ranaut had said, "It is heartbreaking to spot monolithic flood devastation successful Himachal astir each twelvemonth now. I tried reaching the flood-affected areas successful Seraj and different areas successful Mandi, but was advised by the respected Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur to hold until the connectivity to the affected areas is restored."

On Thursday, Thakur had parried questions astir the MP's lack from the calamity-hit region, saying, "We are acrophobic astir the locals, we unrecorded and dice for them. Cannot remark connected those who are not."

"Red alert is issued by Mandi DC contiguous arsenic well. Awaiting authorities' support connected the same; volition beryllium determination arsenic soonest possible," Ranaut had said aft Thakur's comments.

Latching connected to the remark, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu connected Friday jibed that Ranaut should talk to Thakur arsenic the person of the absorption was "getting angry".