Kangana Ranaut's Old Post Saying Would NOT Contest Elections From Himachal Pradesh Goes Viral

A day after Kangana Ranaut announced that she would be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi on the BJP’s ticket, an old post of the actress has surfaced on social media. A Reddit user shared a screengrab of Kangana Ranaut’s March 2021 X (formerly known as Twitter) post in which the actress was seen saying that she would not want to contest polls from her home state, Himachal Pradesh because its “population is hardly 60/70 lakhs” with “no poverty/crime”.

In March 2021, Kangana responded to an X user who had tweeted, “Mark my tweet! Kangana Ranaut will fight by-election from Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency.” “I was given the option of Gwalior during 2019 Lok Sabha elections. HP (Himachal Pradesh) population is hardly 60/70 lakh, no poverty/crime. If I get into politics, I want a state with complexities I can work on and be the Queen I am in that field also. Small fry like you won’t understand big talks,” Kangana had written.

Interestingly, this comes a day after BJP released its fifth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls fielding Kangana, who is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from her birthplace.

Kangana also took to the microblogging site X and said she was “honoured and elated to officially join the party”. “My beloved Bharat and Bhartiya Janta’s own party, Bharatiya Janta party ( BJP) has always had my unconditional support, today the national leadership of BJP has announced me as their Loksabha candidate from my birth place Himachal Pradesh, Mandi (constituency) I abide by the high command’s decision on contesting Loksabha polls. I feel honoured and elated to officially join the party. I look forward to be a worthy karyakarta and a reliable public servant. Thanks,” the actress wrote.

Last year, Kangana Ranaut had hinted at entering politics, saying if Lord Krishna blesses her, she would contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024.