A fortnight ago, Indian Express ran a front page story on Dr Manmohan
Singh about how 89 years old had to sit in the back row instead of
front row cause he is wheelchair user. asthetic and accessibility
should be prioritised with equal emphases by the architects who design
structure such as parliam
Agree with Avichal.. None of the parliamentarians who had a
disability did anything and also did not acknowledge themselves as
being persons with disabilities. Do hope that accessibility has been
kept in mind in the new parliament for all disabilities.
rajive
On 2/24/23, Ram Singh wrote:
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The achievement of accessibility for persons with disabilities is hindered
by a group of privileged disabled individuals who prioritize tokenism over
highlighting failures in disability inclusion. These individuals favor
their personal ideologies and fail to address the widespread discrimination
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I am not trying to ruffle any feathers, but here, Mr. Tharoor has a
lot to answer:
1. Mr. Jaipal Reddi was also disabled, what did he do to make the
parliament building accessible?
Did Mr. Tharoor not realise this at that time?
2. Mr. Shinde had problem in eye; did he do anything substantial for
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I remember that Shri Jaipal Reddi, a veteran parliamentarian and
Union Minister used wheel chair as he was disabled. Mr Sashi Tarur, I
presume would have seen Shri Jaipal Reddi come to Parliament on wheel
chairas both were colleagues working in the same Cabinet during UPA
rule.
Dr.b.Niranjan Raj
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday highlighted the "poorly
equipped" facilities for people with disabilities as he came to Parliament
in a wheelchair after he sprained his left foot last week. "When you need
to enter Parliament in a wheelchair, there's only one entrance with a ramp,
