Madurai (Tamil Nadu), March 23 -- : Transgender activist BharathiKannamma donned the avatar of Goddess Meenakshi as she filed her nomination for the upcoming LokSabha elections from Madurai.
Kannamma was accompanied by two persons dressed like people belonging to the Muslim and Christian communities. She will be pitted against R. Gopalakrishnan, AIADMK's sitting MP from Madurai.
Earlier this month, Kannamma had expressed apprehensions regarding the date chosen by the Election Commission for polling in Tamil Nadu, as it coincides with the Chithirai festival in Madurai as well as Koovagam Koothandavar, a 3-day long festival of transgenders.
This came after representatives of the transgender community in Madurai wrote to District Collector ...