After Kangana slammed the Himachal government over “inflated” power bills, the state’s power board revealed her unpaid dues while Minister Vikramaditya Singh accused her of theatrics.
Shimla, April 11 – A political war of words has erupted in Himachal Pradesh between BJP MP Kangana Ranaut and Congress minister Vikramaditya Singh, after the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEB) confirmed that Kangana had not cleared outstanding power bills amounting to ₹90,384.
The controversy began after Kangana, recently elected as Lok Sabha MP from Mandi, lashed out at the Congress-led state government during a public event, claiming she received an electricity bill of ₹1 lakh for a Manali home she doesn’t even reside in.
“It is such a miserable condition,” she remarked, as her video went viral.
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut says, "In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has created such a miserable situation. This month, I received an electricity bill of ₹1 lakh for my house in Manali, where I don’t even stay! Just imagine the condition here…" pic.twitter.com/6AAzvTekrt
— IANS (@ians_india) April 8, 2025
But the state’s PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh hit back with a poetic Facebook post, saying:
“Mohtarma badi shararat karti hai, bijli ka bill nahin bharti hai, phir manch par sarkar ko kosti hai”
(“Madam plays mischief, doesn’t pay her electricity bills, then curses the government from the stage.”)
Electricity Board Responds
In an official statement, the HPSEB clarified that:
- The ₹90,384 due includes old dues of ₹32,287 for January and February
- The electricity connection at Kangana’s Manali residence is registered in her name
- The connected load at her house is 94.82 KW, which is 1,500% more than a typical home
The board further noted that Kangana failed to pay her bills from October to December on time.
Kangana Hits Back
Responding to Singh’s jibe at a rally in Sarkaghat (Mandi), Kangana said:
“If Vikramaditya Singh is Raja Babu, then I am also a Queen.”
She also claimed her electricity bills, previously around ₹5,000, had inexplicably risen to ₹80,000 and sarcastically questioned if she was “running a factory” from her home.
Vikramaditya Singh, the son of late CM Virbhadra Singh and Congress state president Pratibha Singh, is the scion of Himachal’s former royal family of Rampur.
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