Ayushmann Khurrana helps Chandigarh's trans community with food truck

In the onging Pride Month, actor Ayushmann Khurrana has made a significant contribution towards the LGBTQIA+ community.
Ayushmann, who is the National Ambassador of UNICEF, is empowering the LGBTQIA+ community in Chandigarh by turning them into entrepreneurs. He has donated towards building food trucks for the local trans community to enable them to be financially independent. The food trucks are being called Sweekar, implying the relevance of acceptance for the community.
Leading trans activist from Chandigarh, Dhananjay Chauhan, the first transgender student of Panjab University who champions the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community thanked Ayushmann for the same. She wrote, “Thank you so much Ayushmann Khurrana ji for supporting Transgender. Without your help our dream will never fulfill. Chandigarh Administration and Panjab University can provide a space to Transgender to start Food Business.”

Says Ayushmann, “According to me, an actor should try and have a social responsibility. It is the love of the people that put us in a position where we can do our bit to empower people and communities thereby raising awareness on important issues.
I have always believed that inclusivity is the primary pillar for nation building.”

He adds, “Every individual must do their bit to help as many people as possible. We have to also encourage others to do the same. Once we realise how symbiotic we are as a society and how we can only thrive by being together, we will achieve our bigger goal of creating a harmonious, co-existing world that celebrates diversity. I’m thrilled that on the occasion of the Pride Month, this is a step to empower members of the transgender community in Chandigarh to become self-reliant by turning them into entrepreneurs.
I will always support the LGBTQIA+ community in my own way.”