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Padma Lekshmi becomes Kerala’s first transgender lawyer

Lekshmi was one of the 1500 law graduates who were admitted on the rolls of the Kerala Bar Council as advocates.

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Padma Lekshmi became the first transgender lawyer in Kerala when she enrolled as an advocate with the state’s Bar Council on Sunday. Lekshmi was one of the 1500 law graduates who were admitted on the rolls of the Kerala Bar Council as advocates.

Lekshmi, who graduated from Ernakulam Government Law College, received the Bar enrolment certificate at an event organized by the Bar Council of India.

Kerala’s Industries Minister P Rajeev took to Instagram and congratulated Lekshmi for achieving this feat.

Rajeev in Malayalam wrote, Congratulations to Padma Lakshmi who overcame all the hurdles of life and enrolled as the first transgender advocate in Kerala. Becoming the first is always the hardest achievement in history. There are no predecessors on the way to the goal. Obstacles will be inevitable. There will be people to mute and discourage, he added.

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He further said Padma Lekshmi’s paths have convinced them on which side to stand in the fight for justice. That is why Padma Lekshmi’s words are so sharp that in the journey ahead, the aim is to become the voice of the denied justice with the power of law. May Padma Lekshmi’s life inspire more people from the transgender sector to enter advocacy. Once again congratulations to Padma Lekshmi and the 1528 advocates enrolled yesterday, he added.

Joyita Mondal became India’s first transgender judge in 2017 when she was appointed a judge in the Lok Adalat of Islampur in West Bengal.

Later in 2018, transgender activist Vidya Kamble was appointed a member judge in a Lok Adalat in Nagpur in Maharashtra. Later that year, Swati Bidhan Baruah, who hails from Guwahati, became India’s third transgender.

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Jairam Ramesh attacks PM Modi’s language

The Congress leader said that PM Modi has realised that youth, farmers, women, labourers, and backward classes are upset with him and this is the reason why he talks about Muslim League, Hindu-Muslim, black money given to Congress in tempos and mangalsutra.

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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday attacked PM Modi for his language and said that there is no lehar (wave) in favour of PM Modi but only zehar (poison) in his language. Ramesh was addressing a press conference where he said that the language of the outgoing prime minister indicates he is tensed and confused.

The Congress leader said that PM Modi has realised that youth, farmers, women, labourers, and backward classes are upset with him and this is the reason why he talks about Muslim League, Hindu-Muslim, black money given to Congress in tempos and mangalsutra.

Ramesh further added that in the past 4 phases of elections held in 379 Lok Sabha seats, it was clear that BJP became saaf (finish) in south India and half in north, west and east and pointed out that INDIA bloc will get a majority in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Ramesh said Congress is fighting this election to save the Constitution and democracy as dhantantra (capitalism) is prevailing in the country. He said that BJD and BJP are two sides of the same coin and they are engaged in a fake fight in the ongoing Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha.

He said the prime minister and the chief minister are indulged in a fake boxing match. But, the reality is that the BJD had given full support to the BJP in Parliament during the last 10 years. He said the BJD MPs supported anti-farmer, anti-tribal and anti-environment Bills in both houses of Parliament and even the ruling party in Odisha elected BJP nominee Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha elections.

Ramesh hit out at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and said, Did he not extend 100% support to the BJP in Delhi? He also asked if it was not true that the BJD supported the weakening of the amendment in the Forest Conservation Act, Forest Rights Act, Labour Code and the Land Acquisition Act?

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Amit Shah says Mamata Banerjee will not be able to stop CAA implementation as the matter lies with the central government

Shah was addressing a rally at Matua community stronghold Bangaon, where he said, Mamata Banerjee can never stop Citizenship Amendment Act implementation in Bengal as it is a law by the central government.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday assured the community that its members would get citizenship under the CAA and accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of spreading canards about it. Shah was addressing a rally at Matua community stronghold Bangaon, where he said, Mamata Banerjee can never stop Citizenship Amendment Act implementation in Bengal as it is a law by the central government.

Shah said no power in the world can stop refugee brothers from becoming citizens of India. He said this is the promise of the Modi government. He further added that Mamata Banerjee must remember that citizenship falls under the exclusive authority of the central government, not the state governments.

The Union Home Minister accused Mamata Banerjee of lying and spreading falsehood about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He said Mamata Banerjee is lying that anyone who applies for citizenship under the CAA will face problems. He said he wanted to assure the people of the Matua community that no one will face any trouble. He promised them that they will get citizenship and will be able to live with respect in the country.

Shah was addressing a considerable Matua population in the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat where he attacked Mamata Banerjee for opposing the CAA and taking out rallies in support of infiltrators to appease her vote bank. Why is she against refugees obtaining citizenship?

Shah said the West Bengal chief minister is supporting infiltration in Bengal but opposes Hindu refugees getting citizenship. He said she is taking out rallies against the CAA and supporting infiltrators. Shah further asserted that Modi Ji has attained a majority with 270 seats, after the completion of voting in 380 seats of the first 4 phases and predicted that they will soon reach the target of 400 plus seats.

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Arvind Kejriwal says BJP sent him to jail because they are scared of him

Addressing a gathering, Kejriwal said, on 16th March, elections were announced and on March 21, they sent him to jail. This means BJP wanted Kejriwal not to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. He further added that BJP is scared of Kejriwal.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday held a roadshow in Kurukshetra’s Pehowa where he campaigned for AAP’s candidate Sushil Gupta and attacked the BJP-led Centre over his jailing. He claimed the saffron party is scared of him. Gupta, AAP’s Kurukshetra Lok Sabha candidate, accompanied Kejriwal during the roadshow.

The Aam Aadmi Party supremo was granted interim bail till June 1 by the Supreme Court on Friday in the liquor policy case. Addressing a gathering, Kejriwal said, on 16th March, elections were announced and on March 21, they sent him to jail. This means BJP wanted Kejriwal not to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. He further added that BJP is scared of Kejriwal.

He told the crowds in Pehowa, that he has relations in Pehowa. He further clarified that in-laws of his younger brother and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann come from Pehowa. Bhagwant Mann’s father-in-law Inderjeet Singh was also present at the gathering. Kejriwal appealed to the people that from here, not even a single vote should go to BJP, which sent him to jail.

AAP Haryana unit chief and its Kurukshetra candidate Sushil Gupta on Saturday said these elections are to save India’s Constitution and democracy. Gupta said many people made sacrifices during the country’s freedom struggle and, in the same manner, parties under the opposition INDIA bloc have united to save the Constitution and democracy.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife Dr Gurpreet Kaur hails from a village in Pehowa. This is Kejriwal’s first visit to Haryana after being released on bail. Gupta during the roadshow pointed out many initiatives which Aam Aadmi Party has taken up in Delhi and Punjab for the welfare of various sections of the society. Voting for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana will is going to take place in the 6th of the 7 phase Lok Sabha elections on May 25.

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