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