Activists, opposition oppose transgender bill over exclusions, screening concerns
Over a hundred members of the transgender community and politicians from opposition parties including the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Indian National Congress called for the withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, at a public hearing held in New Delhi last Sunday. The bill was introduced in the ongoing budget session of the Parliament, which ends on April 2, in an effort by the Centre to curb the misuse of funds granted by schemes meant for the most marginalised transgender people. (REUTERS/representational image) Rajya Sabha members Renuka Chowdhury, Manoj Kumar Jha and John Brittas, as well as Rachnatmak Congress chairperson Sandeep Dikshit spoke out against the bill and the negative impact it will have on the transgender community members who have been left out of the bill’s ambit. NCP-SP national spokesperson Ansih Gawande said that the party’s representatives in both houses will oppose the bill if it is tabled in the Parliament this week. “We are in a …
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