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AAP's Bobi wins from Sultanpuri, MCD to get first transgender councillor
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
AAP candidate Bobi, the lone transgender contender contesting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections. MCD, for the first time, will have a member of the transgender community.
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MCD polls; AAP fields trans candidate from Sultanpuri
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi has fielded Bobby Kinaar, belonging to the Transgender community as a candidate for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections from the Sultanpuri-A ward.
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TN urban local body polls: DMK's transgender candidate R Ganga wins electi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 23 (ANI): Transgender candidate R Ganga of the DMK won from the Vellore City Municipal Corporation (VCMC) by a margin of 15 votes in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu urban local body polls.
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Karnataka govt allows reservation in recruitment for transgender candidate
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI): Transgenders in Karnataka will be given one per cent reservation in the recruitment in the police department, said Praveen Sood, Director general and Inspector-general of police, Karnataka.
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First transgender candidate to file nomination as candidate in Kerala poll
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 21 (ANI): Kerala's first transgender radio jockey and the first from the community to file nomination as a candidate in the recent State Assembly polls, Anannyah Kumari Alex allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday. She was found hanging in her flat in Kochi.
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Transgender like me contesting LS polls is a victory for society: AAP's Bh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): In a first, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded a transgender candidate in the Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
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AAP fields transgender candidate from Prayagraj Lok Sabha seat
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): A social activist and transgender Mahamandaleshwar Bhawani Nath Valmiki on Friday joined the Aam Admi Party (AAP) in the presence of MP and party's UP in-charge Sanjay Singh. She will contest from Prayagraj Lok Sabha seat.
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Nara Lokesh contesting from Chitoor seat to protect land he has grabbed, a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Manglagiri (Andhra Pradesh) [India] March 25 (ANI): Independent Transgender candidate from Manglagiri constituency Tamanna Simhadri on Monday took a swipe at the state IT minister Nara Lokesh for filing his nomination from Chittoor constituency only to "protect" the land he has grabbed, w
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Odisha assembly polls: BSP fields a Transgender candidate
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday decided to field a transgender named Kajal Nayak from Korei assembly seat for upcoming assembly elections in Odisha.
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BMC Polls: Transgender candidate campaigns to change perception
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, (Maharashtra), Feb. 18 (ANI): Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Polls in Mumbai, several transgenders on Saturday were seen campaigning for city's only transgender candidate Priya Patil.
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