The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in India has become the first political party in the country to set up a dedicated LGBTQ+ cell; a specific unit within the organisation dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues.
The NCP was the first in the country to create a young women’s cell and is now hoping to alleviate the prejudice against India’s queer community after the unit was formally launched in Mumbai by NCP president Jayant Patil & MP Supriya Sule.
Both said they aim ‘to do justice to the deprived section’ of India’s citizens.NCP president Jayant PatilSule continued: “We felt the LGBTQ+ community needs equal rights, so we made a separate cell for them”.