A petition has been filed in the Himachal High Court against the membership of Bollywood actress and BJP MP from Mandi, Himachal, Kangana Ranaut. In this petition, a demand has been made to cancel Kangana’s membership of Parliament. The High Court has issued a notice to Kangana on this petition. The High Court has asked Kangana to file her reply by August 21.
Petitioner Layak Ram Negi has filed a petition against Kangana. In this, he has asked the court to cancel Kangana’s election. Nayak is a former employee of the Forest Department. He got VRS ahead of time. Negi says that he wanted to contest the election but his nomination papers were wrongly rejected by the Election Officer of Mandi.
Kangana will have to answer by August 21
Negi argues that if his nomination papers were accepted, he would have won. In the petition, Layak Ram Negi has appealed to the court that Kangana’s election should be canceled. She has demanded re-election on Mandi seat. Justice Jyotsna Rewal has issued notice to Kangana on this petition of Negi and has sought reply by August 21.
Negi further said that during the nomination, she was told that she would also have to submit no dues certificates for electricity, water and telephone issued for government accommodation. She was given time till the next day to submit this certificate. The next day when she submitted the papers to the Returning Officer, he refused to take it and rejected the nomination.
Kangana had won by 74755 votes
Kangana had won from Mandi in Himachal in the Lok Sabha elections. She defeated Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh by 74,755 votes. Dr. Prakash Chandra Bhardwaj of Bahujan Samajwadi Party was at third place. Bhardwaj got 4393 votes.