Shimla, April 10 -- Amid a growing controversy surrounding Bollywood actress and BJP Mandi parliamentary constituency MP Kangana Ranaut's electricity bill, the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) has issued a clarification.

Speaking to ANI, Sandeep Kumar, the Managing Director of HPSEBL, addressed Kangana Ranaut's alleged inflated power bill.

"Kangana Ranaut, the Member of Parliament from Mandi parliamentary constituency, had raised an issue in the media, claiming that the electricity board had sent her a bill of Rs 1 lakh. I would like to clarify that the bill was not of Rs 1 lakh but Rs 91,000 and some hundred rupees," Kumar stated.

He further explained that the amount in question was not a single month's bill but a c...