‘Brazen assault on constitutional rights of transgender folks’: Rahul slams authorities on Invoice
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) stated the federal government’s Transgender Individuals (Safety of Rights) Modification Invoice, 2026 is a “brazen assault” on the constitutional rights and id of transgender folks, and asserted that his occasion is strongly opposing the proposed laws.
The Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha termed the invoice “regressive” and alleged that the BJP-led authorities on the Centre is violating the Structure and destroying India’s wealthy historical past of honouring transgender communities in pursuit of its slender concepts.
“The BJP authorities’s Transgender Individuals Modification Invoice is a brazen assault on the Constitutional rights and id of transgender folks. This regressive invoice strips transgender folks of their means to self determine, violating a Supreme Court docket judgment; wipes out the various cultural identities of communities throughout India, forces trans folks to endure dehumanising examinations by a medical board, and introduces felony penalties and surveillance with out safeguards,” he stated.
The BJP authorities has not consulted the trans neighborhood and introduced a invoice which stigmatises fairly than protects them, he claimed.
– PTI
