After voter record fiasco, Cuttack civic physique lands in ‘transgender’ controversy

By Express News Service

CUTTACK: If irregularities in preparation of electoral rolls for the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) elections was not sufficient, the civic physique has landed itself in additional hassle by saying that not one of the eligible transgenders have voted within the ULB polls. Contradicting the CMC declare, transgender corporator candidate Tanushree Behera stated she and different members of her neighborhood have exercised their franchise.

After the polling ended, the CMC election officers submitted an in depth report stating that no transgender voter turned up for voting. Behera stated that the polling experiences have additionally been goofed up just like the voters record as she and her supporters voted on the sales space no 275 arrange on the premises of Ravenshaw University.

Behera who’s contesting as an unbiased candidate for corporator publish of Ward 38 stated, “they (election officials) might have either marked us as male or female despite our voter IDs mentioning third gender status.”

According to experiences, there are 131 transgender voters within the metropolis. Sital Bastia, a transgender who had contested as an unbiased MLA candidate from Barabati-Cuttack constituency within the final common election, stated she voted at sales space no 275 on Thursday. She stated by not recognising their votes, there may be an try and dislodge them from the mainstream.Additional District Magistrate-cum-CMC Election Officer Bijay Kumar Khandayatray stated he would look into the matter.