"Ritu" becomes first transgender UP chairman in Bangladesh beating rival BAL candidate.

[Abu Shaleh Rumi]

Nazrul Islam Ritu, an independent candidate, was elected as the first transgender Union Parishad chairman at Trilochonpur union of Jhenaidah's Kaliganj upazila during the third phase of union parishad elections on Sunday.

Ritu, 43, was elected as a chairman of the union bagging 9,557 votes with pineapple symbol while Awami League-backed candidate Nazrul Islam Sana got 4,529 votes, said Md Abdus Salek, district election officer.

Ritu had to leave her village and move to Dhaka's Demra at the age of five. However, she frequently visits Jhenaidah to stay connected with Trilochanpur people.

Locals said Ritu has been providing financial assistance to the helpless people of different villages of Trilochanpur Union for the 15 years and thus she became popular among local people.

Talking to UNB, Ritu said, "I have won the election as a transgender person. Now, I want to serve the people of my union for the rest of my life."

She said the government has given the right to vote and various other opportunities to the transgender community members. "I have no regret for being a transgender person."

"The AL-backed candidate and his supporters obstructed me in many ways. However, there has been a fair election because of the administration," she added.

Earlier, another transgender, Pinki Khatun, was elected vice chairman of Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenaidah.
On 13 November, Shahida Begum became the first transgender person to get elected as member of Maguraghona Union Parishad-6 in Khulna district.

A guideline was approved in 2013 at cabinet committee for granting Hijra or transgenders state recognition. Following that, in January, 2014, government issued a gazette granting state recognition to the transgender community.

In 2019, the Election Commission decided to enlist third gender as a gender identity in the voter list along with male and female.

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[Deltadart]

How ironic that this transgender looks far better than hasina the hag!

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

Bas isi ki kami thi

 

[Bilal9]

Bas isi ki kami thi

S(he) will get a lot of sympathy votes, especially from women. Times are changing in Bangladesh.

We all know how transgender people are treated in South Asia - very sad.

Death sometimes becomes a better option, due to the social stigma and prejudice.

This said, the underclass transgenders do become a nuisance in Bangladesh when they get word that a baby was born in a house.

They will flock there like crows and won't leave, until they are paid and sent away.

Transgenders are seen as bad omen for a new baby and people don't want them around.

By the way look at the Hindu name of the locality, TriLochonpur ("third eye" place, designating connection with Hinduism/Buddhism).

We never changed these names, yet there is active effort in neighboring India by bhakts to change Muslim names of cities and towns to Hindu ones.

 

[Destranator]

Bas isi ki kami thi

Does ISI normally place candidates in BD local elections?

 

[STREANH]

Bas isi ki kami thi

They are human beings too, so dont be ignorant.

You can start by reading the Wikipedia article about it.
Causes of transsexuality - Wikipedia

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

Does ISI normally place candidates in BD local elections?

Its not ISI

In English i said:

"Only this was missing"

 

[Destranator]

Its not ISI

In English i said:

"Only this was missing"

I know I was just kidding.

 

[ALShill]

S(he) will get a lot of sympathy votes, especially from women. Times are changing in Bangladesh.

We all know how transgender people are treated in South Asia - very sad.

Death sometimes becomes a better option, due to the social stigma and prejudice.

This said, the underclass transgenders do become a nuisance in Bangladesh when they get word that a baby was born in a house.

They will flock there like crows and won't leave, until they are paid and sent away.

Transgenders are seen as bad omen for a new baby and people don't want them around.

By the way look at the Hindu name of the locality, TriLochonpur ("third eye" place, designating connection with Hinduism/Buddhism).

We never changed these names, yet there is active effort in neighboring India by bhakts to change Muslim names of cities and towns to Hindu ones.

Hope you realize the end result of fundamentalism is not pretty you get a society like Afghanistan and muslims in Uttar Pradesh. Why does it matter if some names are hindu as opposed to muslim?

 

[Destranator]

Hope you realize the end result of fundamentalism is not pretty you get a society like Afghanistan and muslims in Uttar Pradesh. Why does it matter if some names are hindu as opposed to muslim?

BD has amazingly managed to preserve history and culture despite having a highly religious population.