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`Eunuchs are eligible to be enrolled'

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MARCH 24. The Chief Electoral Officer has clarified that eunuchs are eligible to be enrolled in electoral rolls. While filing Form 6, they are free to indicate their preference in the column relating to sex. It will be entered in the electoral rolls, following the statutory procedure prescribed in the Representation of the People Act 1950. Once the name is enrolled in the electoral rolls, eunuchs will be eligible for the elector's photo identity, an official release said here today.

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