She ran for the female vice-chairman’s post as a woman and secured 12,880 votes after the election was held on Monday. Pinky, who also works as a convenor of Kotchandpur Upazila’s Jubo Mohila League wing, told bdnews24.com that she had not introduced her as a ‘hijra’ or transgender before the election. She used to run a cloth store at Kotchandpur and later began to concentrate on politics and social-welfare based activities. Following the decision, Election Commission initiated a separate column on the voter registration form to identify them as ‘hijra’. “Transgender people have also rights to introduce them as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ in voter registration form,” he said quoting Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam.

Source: bd News24 October 15, 2019 13:41 UTC