A petition in the Patna High Court
The story begins in 2020, when activist Veera Yadav petitioned the Patna High Court. The petition argued that transgender persons were not being appointed to the police because recruitment forms had no column for their gender at all.
A place in every district
In January 2021 the Bihar Home Department issued a resolution that for every 500 appointments of constables and sub inspectors, one transgender person would be appointed, which worked out to 40 constable and 11 sub inspector posts. In an affidavit to the High Court, the state said it would post one transgender sub inspector and four transgender constables in each of its 38 districts. Candidates would sit the same written and physical tests as everyone else, with no relaxation.
In 2023, a major constable recruitment drive of 21,391 posts included 56 posts for transgender candidates.
Three sub inspectors in 2024
In July 2024, results of the Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission sub inspector examination showed that three of the 1,275 successful candidates were transgender: Manvi Madhu Kashyap, a transwoman, and Ronit Jha and Bunty Kumar, both transmen. Five seats had been reserved for transgender candidates, and three were filled through the same competitive process as every other recruit. Newslaundry reported that Bihar was the first state to recruit three transgender sub inspectors at once.
The road there was not easy. All three had been turned away by coaching centres in Patna that said their presence would disturb other students. They were finally taught by Motiur Rehman Khan, known across Bihar as Guru Rehman or Daroga Guru. Manvi Madhu Kashyap called the result a dream come true.
Why it matters to the Modi Mandir
On the Bhagwan Shri Narendra Modi Mandir page, the community describes this change as moving from the margins to the police force. For people who were once shut out of ordinary jobs, a uniform carries a meaning far beyond employment. The proposers of the Modi Mandir see it as one result of a decade of recognition that began with the NALSA judgement in 2014 and the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Read more in the law behind the Mandir and Modi Mandir Patna: everything we know.