Meet C Devi, Tamil Nadu’s First Transgender Candidate

Devi will be contesting on behalf of the Tamil party, Naam Tamilar Katchi.

C Devi, a 33-year-old transgender person, is set to take on AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa in the RK Nagar constituency in Chennai.

She is the first transgender person in Tamil Nadu to contest the assembly elections. She will be contesting on behalf of the Tamil party, Naam Tamilar Katchi.

But Devi doesn’t see herself as standing against Jayalalithaa in the elections.

Jayalalithaa is one of the biggest leaders in the state. I’m not standing against her, I’m standing for the people in the constituency.

C Devi