Shashi Tharoor Slams Transgender Amendment Bill as Regressive
Mon 23 Mar 2026, 10:57:46
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday criticised the newly introduced Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, in Parliament, calling it a “deeply regressive” proposal that threatens to roll back rights for the community.
In a post on X, the Thiruvananthapuram MP expressed
concern that the Bill was tabled “surreptitiously and without proper stakeholder consultation.”
concern that the Bill was tabled “surreptitiously and without proper stakeholder consultation.”
Tharoor argued that the amendments undermine the landmark 2014 Supreme Court NALSA judgment by deleting Section 4(2) of the 2019 Act, which guaranteed the right to self-perceived gender identity.
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