The National Federation of the Blind activists have decided to hold an indefinite dharna outside Shastri Bhavan here demanding changes in the proposed Bill on the rights of persons with disabilities and filling up the backlog of vacancies for physically challenged persons. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/indefinite-dharna/article5632988.ece According to the Federation, the proposed Bill needs to be reconsidered before its introduction in Parliament as the Bill curtails the existing rights of persons with disabilities and also allows the authorities to discriminate on the grounds of disability.
Federation general secretary S. K. Rungta said: "Under sub-section three of the Section 3 of the Bill, no person with disability shall be discriminated on the grounds of disability unless it is shown that it is for the purpose of achieving a legitimate end". The Federation will organise protest today (Thursday) outside North Block and Rail Bhavan, said Mr. Rungta. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
