NEW DELHI: Amid backlash from transgender community members and activists, minister for women and child development
Maneka Gandhi has apologised for using the term "other ones" during her speech on the anti-trafficking Bill in Lok Sabha last week.
"I sincerely apologise for using the term ‘other ones’ during the debate on the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, in Lok Sabha. I did not ‘snigger’, I was embarrassed at my own lack of knowledge," Gandhi said in a tweet on social media.
"I was not aware of the official terminology for the transgender community. In future, all official communication will use the term TGs. I would like to assure that the #AntiTraffickingBill2018 is gender neutral and provides protection to the aggrieved," she added.
