Chandigarh: With Amritsar based conjoined twins Sohan Singh and Mohan Singh, fondly known as Sohna-Mohna, turned 18 last year, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Tuesday handed over two separate Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to both of them to mark the 12th National Voters’ Day. Special arrangements will be made for Sohna and Mohna, so that both can vote separately, while ensuring that their privacy could be maintained, the CEO said.
Notably, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had considered Sohna and Mohna as separate voters and decided to give individual voting rights to both of them.
The CEO has also symbolically handed over five more EPIC cards to the first-time voters during the State Level Event organised at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) here, while, Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Election Officers (DC-cum-DEO), who have joined the event virtually have handed over the EPIC card to first time voters at district level. A video message of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Shri Sushil Chandra was also played on the occasion.