Kangana ‘not taking her job seriously': Pratibha Singh
, was "not taking her work seriously" and looking at the use of her language, the people of the Mandi parliamentary constituency were "regretting" electing her.
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After paying homage to her husband and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh on his fourth death anniversary at the party's state headquarters, along with various Congress leaders and workers, Pratibha Singh told the mediapersons that Kangana should have immediately come to the help of the disaster-hit people of her constituency and shared their grief.
The Congress state president, who was elected to the Lok Sabha thrice from Mandi, said the MPs get Rs 5 crore per year as the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund (MPLAD) and Kangana could very well use these funds to help the disaster-affected people of her constituency.
She said Kangana should take up the issue of the monsoon disaster in Parliament and also meet the Prime Minister to urge him for help.
During her visit to the disaster-affected areas of Mandi district, Kangana had said she neither had cabinet post nor funds for the disaster relief. But, she added that she would request the PM and help in getting funds from the central govt.
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