New Delhi, March 21 -- Transgender model and actress from Manipur Bishesh Huirem has been engaged as "State Icon" by the Election Commission (EC) to inspire voters in Manipur to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls while Mumbai social worker Shree Gauri Sawant, another transgender appointed as 'election ambassador' by the EC. For its part, the Punjab district electoral office also appointed a transgender Preeti Mahant as the district icon to create awareness activities under the Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation Programme (SVEEP).
In another development, transgender leader Rajni Rawat who contested Mayor election of Dehradun as an Aam Admi Party (AAP) candidate last year has been barred from contesting Lok Sabha...