Telangana Assembly Passes Bill to Co-opt Transgender Persons in ULBs

The Telangana Legislative Asembly on Friday passed a bill to enable the co-option of transgender persons in municipal corporations. 

State Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu, who moved the bill on behalf of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, said the Telangana Municipalities (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2026 would provide representation to transgender persons in municipal administration and the decision-making process.

The bill proposes the co-option of transgender persons in nine municipal



corporations outside the Core Urban Region (CURE) of Hyderabad, he said. He said one transgender person would be nominated as a co-opted member in each corporation. 

To facilitate this, the minister introduced the Bill proposing amendment to the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019. Sridhar Babu said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has undertaken several initiatives to bring transgender persons, who face social discrimination and marginalisation, into the mainstream and ensure their greater participation in public life.