Shimla May 19, (PTI) Congress’ Mandi candidate Vikramaditya Singh on Sunday said if elected as an MP, he will focus on promoting eco-tourism in the area.
Speaking to reporters after a public meeting in Manali, Singh said a drop has been noticed in the inflow of tourists to Kullu district after the summers.
Therefore, a plan has been developed to promote eco-tourism in the area in order to maintain tourist footfall throughout the year, the state minister added.
The Congress has pitted Singh against BJP candidate and actor Kangana Ranaut. Hitting out at Ranaut, Singh said, “I request former chief minister Jai Ram Thakur to and teach her so that she can know what work has been done in Mandi by the Congress-led government at the Centre.” In one of her election rallies, Ranaut had asked what Singh’s family did for Mandi despite representing the constituency several times in the Parliament.
The Congress leader said the scheme of 24-hour drinking water supply in Kullu and Manali, establishment of IIT Mandi and construction of Medical College in Ner Chowk were done during the Congress regime.
“Apart from this, there are many such schemes about which Kangana Ranaut knows nothing. She just keeps making baseless statements and has no idea about the developmental works undertaken at the grassroots level,” the Himachal Pradesh PWD minister added.
Vikramaditya Singh, the two-time MLA from the Shimla (rural) Assembly segment, is the titular king of the erstwhile princely state of Bushahr.
He is the son of Mandi sitting MP Pratibha Singh, who is representing the constituency for the third time in the parliament. His father Virbhadra Singh was also a three-time MP form the same seat.
The Mandi parliamentary seat, which goes to polls on June 1 in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, is spread over six districts comprises 17 assembly segments, eight of which are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled castes. PTI COR BPL RPA
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