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Title: India- Party names transgender as CM candidate, to field 50 eunuchs
Post by: SandraJane on December 12, 2011, 08:57:21 PM
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Party names transgender as CM candidate, to field 50 eunuchs


PTI | 03:12 PM,Dec 11,2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/party-names-transgender-as-cm-candidate-to-field-50-eunuchs/924354.html (http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/party-names-transgender-as-cm-candidate-to-field-50-eunuchs/924354.html)

Lucknow, Dec 11 (PTI) There is nothing new in transgenders fighting elections these days but in a first, a political party has now decided to field 50 candidates from this marginalised and stigmatised community in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Not only this, the little-known Rashtriya Viklang Party (RVP) has projected an eunuch as the chief ministerial candidate.

Though eunuchs are a marginalised section of the society, but their honesty and ability cannot be ignored and the party will move with issue,"