Hello, As you know that unless we protest, Government do not fulfil our demands or needs. College Students and Graduates Association of the Blind, Chennai, every year, organises agitations and they achieve their demands. This year too, they have got appointment with the Chief Minister of the State today, through their strong protests only. Let us pray for their demands to be fulfilled. Wherever such strikes and agitations are organised, we all have to extend our support as far as possible. Unless you knock the door, you cannot get anything from the government.
Let us hope for the best! With regards, Gopalakrishnan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Police remove visually challenged protesters > Somehow, I am not for these protests. Energy spent for such activities > can be channelised for something better. We don't gain much attention > from politicians as our votes are not going to decisively change the way > politics is run in this country. And unless we hold that decisive > position in the group of voters, I don't think much can be achieved > through these protests, except bad treatment by police. > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of anilkumar > k.r. > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:59 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Police remove visually challenged protesters > > Police remove visually challenged protesters > > Ananth Krishnan > > - Photo: S.S. Kumar > > Voicing demands: A visually challenged person being forced to get into a > bus at the Kodambakkam bridge in Chennai on Friday. > > > CHENNAI: The police forcibly removed blind protesters in three different > areas of the city and detained them for several hours on Friday, as > student groups and activists for the visually challenged continued their > agitation urging the State Government to consider their '15-point > charter of demands.' > Their demands include increased financial assistance for graduate and > postgraduate students and reservation of five seats in government and > government-aided colleges. > Protesters at the Kottivakkam overbridge said that police had "slapped" > them and used lathis to load them in buses while breaking up the > protest. Police officials, however, denied the charges, saying that they > only removed the protesters, with traffic being disrupted for more than > one hour. > Sixteen fasting students were taken to the Government Royapettah > hospital, but they refused the intravenous treatment offered to them. > Around 200 protesters gathered in Kottivakkam, and several others in > Mylapore and Triplicane. > Student groups for the visually challenged have been protesting and > organising fasts across Tamil Nadu for three days. > The groups have also asked the authorities to relax the norms for > pension eligibility for visually challenged employees, as well as extend > the special vehicle allowance provided for physically handicapped > persons to the visually challenged. > Murugesan, a member of the College Students and Graduate Association of > the Blind, told The Hindu that they would call off their protest if they > were allowed to convey their demands directly to the Chief Minister. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Copyright: 1995 - 2006 The Hindu > > Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are > expressly > prohibited without the consent of The Hindu > > > > > --------------------------------- > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest > shows on Yahoo! TV. > 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.i > n > > 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 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
