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Transgender wins mayoral election (video)
RAIGARH, Jan 5, 2015:
History was made today when a transgender won the mayor’s election in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh Municipal Corporation, defeating his nearest rival from the BJP.
Madhu Kinnar, an Independent candidate, won the Raigarh Municipal Corporation mayoral election by 4,537 votes against a BJP candidate, reported NDTV.com.
Madhu, 35, a Dalit, is the first transgender to get elected as mayor in the state.
“People have shown faith in me. I consider this win as love and blessings of people for me. I’ll put in my best efforts to accomplish their dreams,” Madhu said after winning the election.
The ruling BJP in the state had fielded Mahaveer Guruji for the election while Congress had picked Jethuram Manhar for the third time.
On Madhu’s victory, the main Opposition, Congress, said that “it is BJP’s loss, not Madhu’s win.”
“There was no Modi wave in Raigarh this time. People of Raigarh were fed up with the corruption of BJP, hence they voted for Madhu. It is not Madhu Kinnar’s victory, but it’s a loss of BJP,” Raigarh district Congress (urban) president Narendra Negi was reported as saying by NDTV.com.
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http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/now-a-trans-gender-mayor-meet-madhu-kinnar-643926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPsgYIzYkTQ