Transgender candidate to contest against Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal polls

There are over 30,000 transgenders in West Bengal and, according to the Election Commission, there are 758 voters in the 'third gender' category with two each in Bhowanipore and Jadavpur. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of Ram Vilas Paswan has fielded two transgenders, including one against Trinamool Congress supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 27 March 2016.

The Ram Vilas Paswan-headed LJP has announced its list of 63 candidates for elections and two of them are transgenders (hijras) and, this will obviously add a new dimension to the assembly elections in the state. One of them would contest against Mamata Banerjee from Bhowanipore and Left Front-backed Congress nominee Deepa Dasmunsi. The other would contest from Jadavpur constituency, against minister Manish Gupta of the Trinamool and former MP Sujon Chakraborty of the Communist Party of India-Marxist.
Both ot them are unfazed by the presence of heavyweight rivals. They could lose the polls but the main reason behind the move was to voice the concerns of the transgender community. While the society, the country, claim to have progressed, but these people are looked down upon, ridiculed and not even considered humans.


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