Kerala's first trans candidate withdraws after receiving death threats

The first trans-woman candidate Anannyah Kumari Alex from Kerala has decided to end her election campaign due to continued death threats from her party leaders of the Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) which nominated her. According to her, she was used by the party leaders and when she opposed them, they threatened to kill her. Alex was nominated from the Vengarra constituency in the Mallapuram district.