On 2/15/10, ningaraj kambli <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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