BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut from Mandi constituency casted  her vote at a polling station in Himachal Pradesh for the seventh phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She also urged people to exercise their right to vote in the “festival of democracy".

“I have cast my vote right now. I want to appeal to the people to take part in the festival of democracy and exercise their right to vote. PM Modi's wave is there in Himachal Pradesh...I am hopeful that the people of Mandi will bless me and we will get all 4 seats of the state... Himachal Pradesh's 4 seats will contribute to '400 paar'...," she said.

Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a clash of the two richest titans--Congress party's Vikramaditya Singh, scion of the erstwhile Rampur "royal family" and son of six-time chief minister Virbhadra Singh, and BJP's Kangana Ranaut.

Kangana is banking on her celebrity image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Ram temple factors. Vikramaditya is hoping to sail through riding on the legacy of his father Virbhadra Singh and state Congress chief Pratibha Singh, the sitting MP from Mandi.

The Mandi constituency holds symbolic significance for the Congress, as it is considered a bastion of the Virbhadra family. Currently, Pratibha Devi Singh, the late leader's widow, holds the seat. She wrested it for Congress in the bye-election that was held following the demise of then-BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma.