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: >>> 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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