Specially abled Muskan from Himachal becomes Youth icon of Election Commission
The Election Commission of India has appointed a ace singer Muskan, a specially abled PhD scholar of Himachal Pradesh University as the Youth Icon for the State.
Earlier in 2017 Vidhan Sabha and in 2019 Loksabha elections also she was declared as Youth Icon Vice Chancellor Prof. Sikander Kumar has congratulated her for this honor State Coordinator for Accessible Elections and chairman of Umang Foundation Ajai Srivastava disclosed it today. He said Muskan, like previous two elections, will motivate the voters, particularly, youth to participate in poll process and cast their votes.
Congratulating Muskan, Prof. Sikander Kumar said, “she has brought laurels to the State, She has defied her visual disability by her talent, hard work and proper use of computers installed at Accessible Library of our university, for study. We are providing every support to the disabled students who are striving hard to achieve their goals.
Ajai Srivastava said Muskan had cast her vote in the last two elections by using braille signage on EVM and her slogan was, “when I can cast my vote, why can’t you? She belongs to a remote village Sindasali in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal.
Presently she is pursuing her PhD in Music from HPU and has qualified UGC NET and State SET and aims to become a professor.
She uses Facebook ,Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media platforms through talking software On a fellowship, she visited USA in 2018 and participated in concerts in five states.
