PM Modi attempted to shame Congress for prioritizing the needs of India's most marginalized.

To this list, incl. SCs/STs/OBCs, minorities, women & children, I'd add #LGBTQIA + folx & people with disabilities.

When we speak of 'Diversity & Inclusion', this is whom we embrace.

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Queer votes can make a difference. Vote for Equality / Dignity and Visibility

Everyone's favourite Manak Matiyani in Ghaziabad.

#MyQueerVote 🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We’re here, we’re Queer, and we are voting!

The wonderful Kunal Ambasta in Bangalore South.

#MyQueerVote 🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Queer people are a political, electoral interest group #MyQueerVote

Queer folx across India! 🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

After you vote, please post a selfie with your index finger with the indelible ink showing.

Use the hashtag: #MyQueerVote . Happy polling day!

At the 'Queer & Political 2024' event in Mumbai on Sunday, Congress National Media Coordinator मॅथ्यू अँटनी|Mathew Antony|മാത്യു ആന്റണി said that Congress would constitute a 'Diversity Commission' when the INDIA alliance is voted to power.

Party President Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge has just made this promise official!

This is the Congress's commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.

Congress President Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge has promised the constitution of a 'Diversity Commission' to promote diversity in education and employment when INDIA is voted to power.

Vote Progress! Vote Congress! ✋🏾

Gotta appreciate the electric atmosphere on the campaign trail!

Transgender activist & Karnataka Congress VP Akkai Padmashali with Deputy CM of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar canvassing votes for Rajeev Gowda, the Congress candidate for Bangalore North!

Vote Progress! Vote Congress! ✋🏽

Write to the Election Commission, by all means.

But also write and speak to every Muslim you know and love, every Muslim who inhabits even a tiny corner of your life here in India.

Let them know that they are loved. Let them know that this country is theirs too. Let them know.

Love and strength to every Muslim citizen of India tonight. Our country has failed you. You don't deserve this heartlessness. You don't merit such inhumanity. We are sorry that your souls continue to be crushed in this ignoble way. You are loved and this will always be your home.

'Queer and Political 2024: A Dialogue with Political Parties on Queer Issues'. Panel discussion with Ruben Mascarenhas of AAP, Adv Raj Saraf…… (Modi Ji Ka Pariwar) of the BJP and मॅथ्यू अँटनी|Mathew Antony|മാത്യു ആന്റണി of the Congress.

Organized by MumbaiQueerPride.

आज पहले चरण का मतदान है!

याद रहे, आपका एक-एक वोट भारत के लोकतंत्र और आने वाली पीढ़ियों का भविष्य तय करने जा रहा है।

इसलिए बाहर निकलिए और पिछले 10 साल में देश की आत्मा को दिए गए ज़ख्मों पर अपने ‘वोट का मरहम’ लगाकर लोकतंत्र को मज़बूत कीजिए।

नफ़रत को हरा कर खोल दीजिए हर कोने

New profile picture!

#HaathBadlegaHalaat

Marvelous to see transgender activist & Karnataka Congress Vice President Akkai Padmashali campaigning on the ground for Congress.

Here she is in Doddaballapur with RR 🇮🇳, youth leader & Congress candidate for Chikballapur.

A vote for Congress is a vote for Progress! ✋🏾

India's fiscal deficit rose from 5.4% (UPA-II) to 6.6% (NDA-II) because:

1. Modi's policies caused the highest unemployment rate in 45 years &
2. No jobs = free rations, raising the food subsidy from 0.9% to 1.2% of GDP.

But sure, the BJP is the party of fiscal responsibility.

Today, the transgender community in India marks ten years of unfulfilled promises since the Supreme Court's #NALSA judgment.

Back in 2014, I wrote for The Caravan on the histories of trans interactions with the state before the verdict and the new hope it offered us all. 🏳️‍⚧️