Twenty-three-year-old conjoined twins Sabah and Farah on Sunday exercised their franchise and urged people to vote in large numbers.
The twins, joined at the head, had first voted in the 2015 Assembly polls when their names were printed on a single voter ID card and their votes were counted as a single one. However, this time, the twins have been acknowledged as separate voters and were issued separate voter ID cards. They were permitted to cast their votes separately.
“We have voted for development and urge people to come out in large numbers to vote,” the sisters told the mediapersons outside their booth in Samanpura locality of the city, falling under the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.
A poll official, who accompanied the young women, told reporters “as per Election Commission’s directions transport arrangements were made for Sarah and Farah and we helped them to cast their votes at the booth”.
District Magistrate Kumar Ravi said the women have been acknowledged as separate voters as “despite nature having made them the way they are, they have their individual opinions and choices”.
