Jiti Jitayi Politics is a political party founded by Eunuchs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in 2003.
In 2003, Eunuchs in MP declared the formation of their own political party, ‘Jeeti Jitai Politics.' Shweta, another eunuch and the president of the District Kinnar (Transgender) Association in Uttar Pradesh, stood as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from the Ballia Parliamentary seat. Previously, Gorakhpur residents chose Asha Devi, a eunuch, as Mayor. Madhu Bai Kinnar, an independent candidate, was elected mayor of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, in January 2015.
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