Meet Bobby Kinnar, AAP’s Candidate To Script History By Becoming The First Transgender MCD Councillor
A win for the transgender community!
In India, transgender pople struggle to keep their heads above the water. Over the years, we’ve all seen how they struggle to get a job, let alone live in our society with their heads held high. But things might be looking up for people of the transgender community. In a latest update, the Aam Aadmi Party’s transgender candidate Bobby Kinnar has won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections from Sultanpur Majra ward A on December 7. Bobi has defeated BJP candidate Ekta Jatav and Congress candidate Varuna Dhaka to become Delhi’s first ever transgender councillor. This victory comes many firsts including the fact that this is the first time that AAP has given a ticket to a transgender candidate as well as the fact that MCD will now have it’s first transgender member.
Bobby Kinnar, the transgender candidate from Delhi's Sultanpuri won. Bobby is the 1st trans-candidate fielded by the @AamAadmiParty for the polls and has been given ticket for MCD. She has long been associated with social work and helping children get admission into school. pic.twitter.com/2ZxKUMKTwm
— Shivangi Thakur (@thakur_shivangi) December 7, 2022
Who Is Bobby Kinnar?
A member of Arvind Kejriwali led Aam Aadmi Party, Bobby Kinnar is a political leader. Bobby’s association with AAP began around 2011 since the Anna Hazare movement. Earlier in 2017, Bobby had contested the MCD elections as an independent candidate but could not win. This is not just a win for Bobby but also for the transgender community because in the past, no political party has ever given a ticket to a transgender candidate. With this win, Bobby has scripted history becoming the first transgender remember of MCD as MCD Councillor. This 38-year-old political leader was reportedly given a ticket by the political party as a survey declared Bobby to be the one candidate who left a mark on the society with their social work as she helped underprivileged kids obtain education. She hopes to use this win and her new position and platform to eradicate corruption.
Delhi MCD’s first transgender member, Bobby Kinnar of @AamAadmiParty, celebrates her win in Sultanpuri @ThePrintIndia pic.twitter.com/DNnE88OnCu
— Vandana (@vandana_menon) December 7, 2022
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Bobby was in class 9 when she had to drop out of school due to all the bullying and harassment. When she was 15 years old, her parents handed her over to a guruji of the transgender community and became a wedding dancer. Over the years, Bobby took up social work and entered politics in 2011 after being a part of the Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement. Soon after she became the president of Delhi’s Hindu Yuva Samaj Ekta Awam Anti-Terrorism Committee for nearly 15 years. She is popular in the Sultanpuri area due to her social work and efforts to uplift those around her.
After all her struggles, Bobby Kinnar has managed to carve a space for herself in the Political sphere and uplift the transgender community.
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