Transgender Akkai casts her vote for the first time
Team Udayavani, May 12, 2018, 12:59 PM IST
Bengaluru: Transgender, Akkai Padamshali, a transgender activist cast her vote for the first time today.
Padamshali said that it has been a 16-year long struggle her democratic right.
Padamshali was earlier rejected to enroll her as a “female” in the voter ID cards. However, earlier this year, after nearly a year of process, she was given a voters ID card.
“It is a great happiness that I can finally vote,” she said.
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