Transgenders in UP will watch a special show of ‘The Kerala Story’
Prayagraj (IANS) | Kaushalanand Giri, also known as Tina Maa, the state head of the UP Kinnar Welfare Board and Kinnar Akhara, has booked the show of ‘The Kerala Story’ at a multiplex in the city. Where people from the transgender community will watch the film on Friday. Tina Maa claimed that the Kinnar (transgender) community has been most affected by the conversion. “We have been taking initiatives to examine religious dialogue and ‘love jihad’ among girls and the transgender community, but this is the first time that we are organizing a special screening of a film highlighting the subject,” he added.
Tina Maa said, we will keep telling our community members and girls about the ill effects of ‘love jihad’ and conversion.
He said, religious conversion is a sensitive issue and it should be dealt with tactfully and promptly. The transgender community has always been the most affected by conversions. Kinnar akhada is taking this issue seriously and has also taken back some converted transgender people.
He claimed, I have launched a nationwide campaign to check religious conversion among the transgender community, and more than 32 of us have already returned to Hinduism after converting to Islam.
He further said that he is confident of conducting the operation on a war footing and testing the exercise on the ground.
He said that ‘The Kerala Story’ has proved to be an eye-opener for the society and everyone must watch it.
There is a need to run a public awareness campaign on the sensitive issue, he said. People should know the reality and the happenings in Kerala and elsewhere.
–IANS
