Transgender people hold protests against central government

Team Udayavani, Dec 21, 2018, 4:12 PM IST

Mangaluru: The transgender people held protests in the city accusing the union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of moving a bill that is against the interests of the linguistic minority on Friday December 21.

The protest was led by an organization named ‘Nava Sahaja Samudaya’ and was organized in front of the office of the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. Several transgender people participated in the protest.

The gathered protestors claimed that by moving the ‘Transgender Bill 2018’ in the Rajya Sabha, the central government has sought to crush the rights of the transgenders. Raising slogans against the central government, the protestors demanded that the bill be withdrawn immediately.

The protestors demanded the tabling of a bill that is in the interests of the linguistic minority  and said that the bill passed in its current form should never be allowed to become law.