November 24, 2015
*Press Statement* *Thousands of Disabled to March to Parliament* *Demand Introduction of Amended Bill* Thousands of disabled persons will March to Parliament on December 3 protesting against the inordinate delay on the part of the Central Government in bringing the amendments and placing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 for discussion in parliament. The RPD Bill introduced during the fag end of the UPA government’s tenure was sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment owing to certain concerns raised by several disability rights organisations. However, the delay in introducing the amendments and placing them for discussion in parliament after several months since the Parliamentary Standing Committee submitted its recommendations is inexplicable. Calling for the speeding up of this process and introduction of the amended Bill in this session of parliament, several national level and state level disability rights organisations have come together and called for a demonstration in Delhi on December 3, 2015 coinciding with World Disability Day. Thousands of disabled persons from various states of the country owing allegiance to a number of disability rights organisations and diverse disabilities will participate in this march. The march will begin from Atul Grove Road, off Tolstoy Marg at 11.00 a.m. and convert into a public meeting at Parliament Street. *(S K Rungta)* *(Muralidharan)* *National Federation of the Blind* *9312607540* *National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled* *9868768543* *National Association of the Blind * *Human Rights Law Network* Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
