Amritsar conjoined twins Sohna, Mohna excited to vote for first time

Vishav Bharti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 15

Will they vote for the same candidate or different ones? That is the obvious query when one comes to know that Amritsar-based famous conjoined twins Sohna Singh and Mohna Singh will cast their votes for the first time.

Sohna Singh smiles to the query, but Mohna Singh does not react. They are in Chandigarh to attend a function where along with four others they will be declared as icons by the Election Commission. Sohna said that they were excited to vote for the first time.

Born on June 13, 2003, in Delhi, they were abandoned by their parents and adopted by an orphanage in Amritsar.

In June, when they had filled separate Form-6 to claim their right to vote, there were doubts whether both will get separate voting rights or will be considered as one. Even the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner had written to the State Election Commission for clarification on the issue.

A senior state election functionary said the issue had cropped up before them. But since both of them speak and have separate cognitive functions, they qualified for separate voting rights.