'Mohtarma Badi Shararat Karti Hai': Vikramaditya Singh's Retort At Kanagana Ranaut Over Due Power Bill

Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh accused BJP MP Kangana Ranaut of not paying electricity bills of over Rs 90,000, including previous dues.

Himachal PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh takes jibe at BJP MP Kangana Ranaut over pending electricity bill.

Source : PTI

Himachal Pradesh minister and Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh on Thursday took a jibe at BJP MP Kangana Ranaut after state electricity board clarified that the actor-politician has not paid bills, including old dues amounting to Rs 90,384 for two months.

The Mandi BJP MP criticised the state's Congress government during a public meeting in her constitutency recently over the "inflated electricity bills." 

She claimed that she had received an electricity bill of Rs 1 lakh for one month for her house in Manali. "I don't even live there. It is such a miserable condition," the actor-politician said. 

She also targeted Singh saying, "If Vikramaditya Singh is a Raja babu, I am also a queen".

Himachal Minister Hits Back 

The state PWD Minister, Vikramaditya Singh hit back at Ranaut alleging her of playing mischief, not paying the bills and then cursing the government. 

"Mohtarma badi shararat karti hai, bijli ka bill nahin bharti hai, phir manch par sarkar ko kosti hai, aisa kaisa chalega" (Madam plays mischief, she does not pay electricity bills, then curses government from public platform. How will this work?" said the scion of the erstwhile Rampur estate in a Facebook post. 

Kangana Defaults On Electricity Bill 

The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) on Wednesday issued a statement saying the bills amounting to Rs 90,384 were for two months, January and February, and they also included previous dues of Rs 32,287, reported PTI. 

"The domestic connection under No. 100000838073 is registered in the name of Kangana Ranaut at her residence in Simsa village in Manali," said the electricity board in its statement. 

"It is clarified that the connected load of her house is 94.82 KW, which is 1,500 per cent more than the average electric load for a normal house. She (Ranaut) did not pay her bills from October to December on time," the HPSEBL said.