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Mandi Floods Leave 14 Dead as Kangana Ranaut Defends Limited Relief Role

She has insisted she lacks relief funds or a cabinet post and will press the central government for assistance as agencies continue searching for over 30 people still missing.

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Himachal MP Kangana Ranaut and leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur during a visit in flood-hit area of Mandi district on Sunday. (Source)
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Overview

  • State emergency officials confirm 14 deaths and 31 missing after June 30 cloudbursts and flash floods struck Mandi district.
  • National Disaster Response Force teams and state agencies are clearing debris, reopening roads and working to restore power and water in isolated villages.
  • During her July 6–7 visit, MP Kangana Ranaut asserted she holds no disaster relief funds or cabinet authority and can only lobby Prime Minister Modi and the home minister for aid.
  • The Congress party denounced her comments as insensitive to victims’ suffering, and residents in stranded villages accused her of a delayed, symbolic visit.
  • Ranaut has countered by blaming the Congress-led state government for corruption and slow relief efforts and warned that it risks being out of power for the next two decades.