11,000 transgender voters left out of rolls: Aata

Guwahati | Friday | 15th March, 2019

Summary:

GUWAHATI: At least 11,000 transgender voters were left out in the last summary revision of the electoral rolls which were published on January 1 this year, All Assam Transgender Association (Aata) has claimed. "Since the voter list will be updated, we are hopeful that all the transgender voters will be enrolled. The transgender activist added that the members of the community were displeased with the state government's 'inaction' in implementing the revised state policy on the transgender community. "Earlier, around 20,000 members of the transgender community had faced trouble to make it into the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list due to similar reasons. Aata has reached out to them and held a camp, besides applying for online electoral enrollment..