a blind person by name nageswara rao became mlc in the state of AP last time. don't know whether he is still in power. I think he was an independet.
On 7/1/10, Harshvardhan Singh Negi <harshvardhan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > an other elected lok sabha MP name is jamuna prasad from Mp state but he > never speak for the disable community. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kanchan Pamnani" <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Is it time for persons with disability to enter politics? > > >> Jaipal Reddy uses crutches however he does not speak for the disabled. He >> to the best of my knowledge does not even acknowledge that he is disabled >> and therefore does not ask for his rights and thereby does not become a >> good or even a spokesman for us. I am told there are several other >> politicians who are disabled but I dont know their names. The secretariat >> of Parliament recently told us so. >> >> The gentleman that Geeta mentioned was Sadhan Gupta who got elected to the >> >> Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. >> According to Arun Jetley there was another blind MP of the Lok Sabha I >> didnt catch his name. >> Atul Bihari Vajpayee had to use the ambu lift which Javed Abidi had >> fought for against Vajpayee's government. >> >> Subramani these titbits are for your article but I am not answering your >> questions. >> Kanchan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Subramani L" <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:23 PM >> Subject: [AI] Is it time for persons with disability to enter politics? >> >> >>> Folks: >>> >>> This is in reference to the story below. This raises the curious but >>> difficult question: should persons with disability enter politics in >>> order to influence policy (both the ones that affect them and those that >>> doesn't). I am doing an analytical article on this question and would >>> welcome responses from those in this list and from those with other >>> disabilities outside this list. Kindly pass this around and encourage >>> folks to respond. I have a few questions which I am putting below the >>> story and so pl read the mail fully. >>> >>> *** >>> >>> Britain's first MP with Cerebral Palsy encourages persons with >>> disability to enter politics >>> >>> June 28: The first elected representative to the British Parliament with >>> Cerebral Palsy, possibly the first in the world with that disability, >>> has urged more persons with disability to enter politics. >>> >>> Paul Maynard, elected to the House of Commons last month as a >>> Conservative Party candidate, has said that his presence in the House >>> should provide encouragement for other persons with disability to >>> contest elections and enter Parliament. >>> >>> "I just hope that simply my being here, in the House of Commons, people >>> who may be nervous about getting into politics are not put off by any >>> fear of what might happen during the (election) campaign," Maynard, MP >>> from Blackpool North and Cleveleys, told Britain's The Independent >>> newspaper in an interview published on Monday. >>> >>> He also said that he had faced ignorance about his condition from a >>> young age, but had been determined to rise above the taunts. "There will >>> always be people who will use it (the disability) against you and you >>> will have to learn to deal with that," Maynard, 34, told the newspaper. >>> >>> Maynard studied in a special school until he was five years old. He was >>> then transferred to mainstream school and went on to obtain a >>> first-class degree from Oxford. He mentioned in his interview that his >>> life was transformed by the early experience he had in the special >>> school. >>> >>> >>> "Because my problem was with the thighs, and their muscle development, >>> they would strap you into tight iron callipers for several hours a day. >>> You had nothing to do. So I was doing all my numbering and all my >>> reading far earlier than most children and very quickly learnt to >>> read and write, which was an unexpected bonus later on," he said. >>> >>> Maynard, who worked as a management consultant before getting a job at >>> the central office of the Conservative Party, had decided to enter >>> politics just weeks before the elections this year. >>> >>> He faced derogatory comments in his constituency after a television >>> interview, in which his slurred speech (due to his disability) was >>> mistaken for drunkenness. He explained about his disability and insisted >>> that it didn't affect his intellectual abilities. >>> >>> He eventually achieved a 7 per cent swing and won by a majority of 2150 >>> votes in his constituency, which was one of the seats the Conservatives >>> rested back from Labour. >>> >>> He had already delivered his maiden speech in the Parliament and has >>> made interventions at the Prime Minister's Question Time, considered an >>> important business t the British Parliament. >>> >>> Britain had David Blunket as the first person with disability as a >>> cabinet minister under Labour, when Tony Blair appointed the visually >>> challenged MP from Sheffield as Home Secretary. >>> *** *** *** >>> >>> (PL mention your full name, designation/office, age , name of the >>> organisation you represent and the city you hail from) >>> 1. Do you think having a politician with disability would make a >>> difference in terms of passing legislations and implementing them? >>> 2. This is more a personal question -Given a chance, would you enter >>> politics? Pl substantiate your answer as to why you would and why you >>> wouldn't make that choice? >>> 3. What do you think r the advantages and disadvantages of being a >>> politician with disability? Are these (advantages and disadvantages) the >>> reason that influence your choice to enter or not to enter politics? >>> 4. Are 'politicians with disability' the need of the hour? Do you have >>> personal choices amongst the present crop of activists who would make >>> good politicians (ignore it if you are not comfortable answering this >>> part of the question). >>> 5. What are the challenges do you think for activists to become >>> politicians? >>> 6. Do you think politicians with disability, such as Paul Maynard spread >>> awareness and positive impressions about persons with disability? >>> 7. Do you think it would be difficult in circumstances in India for a >>> person with disability to become a politician? If you say yes, why? >>> 8. What are the risks of being a politician? Are you worried about >>> compromises you may have to make by being a politician? Or do you think >>> being an educated person is actually an obstacle to be a good and honest >>> political leader? >>> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >>> disability bill at: >>> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >> disability bill at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> 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 >> > > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 > -- G. 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