Bobby Kinner, a candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal, secured the Sultanpuri 43 A constituency of the Sultanpur Majra Assembly on December 7, ensuring that the national capital’s municipal body would soon have its maiden transgender councillor. Varuna Dhaka of the Congress lost to Bobby by more than 6000 votes.
According to India Today, After winning the Delhi civic polls, Bobby said, “I want to dedicate my victory to the people who worked so hard for me. I would like to thank everyone. Now I just have to work for development in my area.” Bobby is a well-known figure in Sultanpuri. She also campaigned as an independent contestant in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections in 2017. Since the Anna Hazare agitation and when the political party was founded, she has been connected to the AAP.
Speaking to The Quint, she said, “In 2017, I received a lot of support as an independent candidate in Sultanpur Majra. The party gave me a ticket this time because I have been a social worker for 15 years.” Additionally, Bobby Kinnar is the leader of the ‘Hindu Yuva Samaj Ekta Awam Anti-Terrorism Committee’ in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. For the past 15 years, Bobby Kinnar has been involved with this organization. She recently assisted poor kids with school costs and campaigned to promote women and individuals with disabilities.
During an earlier interview with India Today, Bobby said she had experienced prejudice due to her gender identification. She was adopted by the transgender group when she was young and became a wedding dancer. And here is where Bobby’s path to social service and then politics started. In an earlier interview with India Today, Bobby said, ‘I want the people of my society (transgender) to come forward in politics, like before. Now the people of our society are moving away from politics. There are many educated people in our society. I want all such people to come into politics and do social service so that our name increases in society.”
Bobby’s campaign, which she ran from a neighbourhood full of open drains and potholes, focused on cleanliness and aesthetics. “There is so much garbage on the roads and in the parks, and there are open drains. I want to make the roads better as this would beautify the area and make it more convenient for residents,” Bobby told the Quint last month.
