On 2/15/10, ningaraj kambli <[email protected]> wrote: > E > > On 2/15/10, SC Vashishth <[email protected]> wrote: >> Rajesh, The agitation seems to have taken centre stage rather than your >> suggestions for Amendments to the Disability Laws! >> >> >> Source: >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Police-called-in-as-blind-fight/articleshow/5571234.cms >> >> Police called in as blind fight >> >> TNN, 14 February 2010, 07:08am IST >> >> NAGPUR: The two-day bi-annual conference of the National Federation of >> Blind >> (Maharashtra) was disrupted in the second session by a group of >> discontent >> members alleging non-democratic process of making amendments in the >> federation's constitution. >> >> The situation led to utter chaos due to shouting of slogans by the two >> groups at Amrut Bhavan on North Ambazari Road. The members attending the >> conference, which was earlier inaugurated by the commissioner of police >> Praveen Dixit and the mayor Archana Dehankar, had to be calmed down by >> police intervention during the following session of the general body >> meeting >> (GBM). >> >> The agitating members alleged that they were barred from entering the >> conference premises while the present office bearers of the federation >> levelled charges of misappropriation of funds and certain illegal deals >> in >> sale of land by the past executive committee which had been in power >> since >> last 13 years. >> >> Speaking to TOI, the conference hosts from the city, Rewaram Temburnikar >> and >> Manish Thool, who is the secretary of the Vidarbha branch of the >> federation, >> said that the group which had disrupted the proceedings had ruled the >> federation for past 13 years. They alleged that the past executive >> committee >> had manipulated funds and had also made certain illegal land purchase or >> sale deals. >> >> "There are actually two groups in the federation. The present executive >> body >> led by the president MY Guru and general secretary Vasant Hegde were >> elected >> through democratic elections in the presence of the charity commissioner >> at >> Pune. In today's conference out of the 2800 registered delegates only >> 1100 >> turned up and all were given batches and gate passes. But some members >> from >> the opposing group tried to force in shouting slogans and throwing chairs >> refusing to show their gate passes to the volunteers from the Ishwar >> Deshmukh College of Physical Education and Nashikrao Tirpude Physical >> Education college. So we were forced to call the police," said Thool. >> >> But the agitating members, led by former general secretary Dattatreya >> Jadhav >> shouted anti-police slogans of 'lathi charge on blind people', and >> aggressively argued that the present body did not involve them in the >> process of making the proposed amendments in the federation's >> constitution. >> "They used force of sighted volunteers to throw us out which was totally >> uncalled for. Every decision in the GBM has to be passed by two-third >> majority and prior circulation of the points to all members. This is the >> first time that in 30 years history of the federation that such a >> situation >> arose," said Jadhav claiming that he would not keep quiet and seek >> judicial >> intervention. >> >> THROWING LIGHT >> >> During the first session, Rajesh Asudani, independent disability >> consultant >> from city called for major amendments in the disability law. Some of the >> major suggestions include ... >> >> * Changes in definition of disability demanding that category of low >> vision >> be deemed as mildly blind and care should be taken to avoid cases where a >> person would medically fall into neither blind nor low vision >> >> * Mainstreaming disability: every implementing bodies be made more >> representative of disabled. All constitutional bodies from panchayat to >> parliament should have at least one disabled representative >> >> * Bifurcation of reservations for severely and moderately disabled >> >> * Demanding central government's plan of allocating three per cent of the >> total budget on disabled as per the government's commitment in the XI >> five >> year plan which has not been implemented so far. >> >> * Audit of all government grants to all NGOs and should include >> expenditure >> on disabled >> >> -- >> Warm regards, >> >> Subhash Chandra Vashishth >> Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 >> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider >> environment! >> >> >> 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 >> > Hellow Friends I want UGC circular. Regarding submitting assignment in > printed paper. If there Circular is there please send me Friends. >
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