Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court verdict recognizing transgenders as third category of gender saying it brought a lot of joy to his party whom he said had strived for their welfare.
In a statement here he said his previous government had constituted a Welfare Board for transgenders and distributed various welfare schemes for them including providing entreprenurship assistance.
"This judgment has given immense joy to DMK which has been striving for transgenders` welfare," he said while thanking the two-judge bench that delivered the verdict and the petitioner.
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court today recognized transgenders as third category of gender and directed Centre and states to grant them all facilities including voters ID, passport and driving licence.
