Shimla, April 10 -- The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) on Wednesday countered allegations made by Mandi BJP MP and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, asserting that she has a history of delayed electricity bill payments.

The clarification came a day after Ranaut, while addressing a public gathering in Mandi district, alleged receiving an inflated electricity bill of nearly Rs.1 lakh for her Manali residence, where she claimed she currently does not live. She also criticised the state government calling it a "pack of wolves".

Responding to her remarks, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, currently in Gujarat, said, "I don't take her statements seriously. She frequently makes such comments."

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