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Transgender to take on Mamata Banerjee in Bengal polls

<p>Adding a 'third' dimension to the West Bengal assembly polls and aspiring to be the voice of the society's "most deprived" section, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has fielded two transgenders, including one against Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee</p>

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Kolkata: Adding a 'third' dimension to the West Bengal assembly polls and aspiring to be the voice of the society's "most deprived" section, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has fielded two transgenders, including one against Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The Ram Vilas Paswan-headed LJP announced its list of 63 candidates which includes Bobby Halder and Sankari Mondal, the first transgenders from the state to contest the polls.

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