New Delhi, March 24 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday said that the Centre "bulldozed" the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, amending the original 2019 Act. The Opposition MPs demanded that the Bill be referred to the Select Committee.

Today, the Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026. The Bill alters the definition of transgender person. The definition includes a person having such socio-cultural identities as kinner, hijra, etc, or a person with intersex variations or a person who, at birth, has a congenital variation in sex characteristics.

The Bill also includes transgender persons coerced into their gender identity by any sort of force; however, it e...