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New Delhi: Two members of the National Council of Transgender Persons (NCTP), Kalki Subramanium and Rituparna Neog, resigned from their posts on Wednesday (March 26) evening. Their resignations came soon after the Rajya Sabha cleared the passage of the contentious Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. Terming the Bill “regressive” and “existential”, they said that they cannot be part of a council the government refused to consult.

In her resignation letter to the Union minister of social justice and empowerment Virendra Kumar, Subramanium, who served as the southern states representative on the committee, wrote that “the recent introduction and passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill” has “created an untenable position” for her.

“As a statutory representative, my primary mandate is to advise the Government on legislation affecting our lives. The decision to move this Bill forward without any formal consultation with myself or other community representatives of the NCTP undermines the very purpose for which this Council was established,” she wrote.

“I have spent the last several weeks in constant........

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