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She sought an expenditure report from BDOs, saying officers had earlier assured her that there have been no obstacles and that almost 90 per cent of the funds had already been spent.
Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut in the course of the DISHA assembly on Saturday. (Picture: X)
Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Saturday pulled up state authorities officers over the sluggish tempo of improvement work in her Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh, throughout a District Growth Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) assembly.
The BJP MP questioned officers over the alleged underutilisation of funds obtainable beneath the MPLADS. In a video circulating on X, she claimed that crores of rupees had been obtainable beneath her MP fund, however solely half the quantity had been utilised.
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“Don’t give me these ineffective jumlas (faux guarantees). I’m getting them at each Disha Committee assembly,” Ranaut instructed officers.
She sought an expenditure report from Block Growth Officers (BDOs), saying officers had earlier assured her that there have been no obstacles and that almost 90 per cent of the funds had already been spent.
“Get the bloody job completed now. The time for ‘addressing’ issues is gone. These are two-year-old issues. These are one-and-a-half to two-year-old issues. Now get the job completed and report back to me that that is completed! Kangana allotted Rs 11 crore, but not a single piece of labor was carried out. It’s so incompetent, so wretched,” she added.
Ranaut alleged that the expenditure figures offered throughout conferences didn’t match the precise spending. She additionally cited alleged company findings claiming that 30-40 per cent of MPLADS funds had been given to fraudulent beneficiaries and couldn’t be recovered.
The actor-turned-politician stated she was being ridiculed within the nationwide media over her efficiency as an MP, sarcastically remarking, “The officers are even higher at appearing than me.”
She additionally alleged that residents had been repeatedly posting reels highlighting stalled tasks in Mandi, whereas officers had been laughing and “cursing” her of their places of work.
Ranaut instructed officers to finish pending tasks with out additional delay and guarantee correct utilisation of the obtainable MPLADS funds.
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Ask News18Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut criticized state authorities officers throughout a DISHA assembly for the sluggish tempo of improvement work and alleged underutilization of MPLADS funds in her constituency. She claimed that out of roughly ₹11 crore obtainable, solely a fraction had been spent, regardless of earlier assurances of almost 90% utilization.
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September 05, 2026, 20:19 IST
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