Profile: Eunuch candidate running in the city of Kanpur

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Profile: Eunuch candidate running in the city of Kanpur

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Assembly elections are being held in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Early results suggest the ruling BJP party could lose power. The party faces a strong challenge from the opposition parties and many independents, including more than a dozen eunuchs. Eunuchs are a secretive social subgroup in India that includes castrated males, hermaphrodites and cross-dressing men. Estimates of the numbers of eunuchs in India vary from 500,000 to more ...

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