request to all Please read the draft Bill before signing/e-mailing your letters. Blind people will be at the margins and no remedy will cure if this Bill passes in its current form. The Identification of posts is still in the jurisdiction of Governments' and only 15/20 per cent posts out of all are identified for the disabled. Please don't act in haste. On 1/16/14, Suhas Karnik <suhasvkar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:49:59 +0530 > Subject: Support Disabilities Bill: Flood Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs > with letters! > From: dnis.in...@gmail.com > To: edi...@dnis.org > > Disabled Rights Group > and > National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled > > January 11, 2014 > > Dear Friends, > > A meeting of several disability rights groups and activists was held in > Delhi on January 8, 2014 at AADI. > > > > > The meeting reviewed the campaign underway for the tabling and passage of > the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill in the forthcoming session of > Parliament. The meeting noted that with each passing day, the campaign is > gaining more support and strength. > > > > > The meeting congratulated respective organisations and individuals for the > good mobilization for the Candlelight Vigil at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi > and various other places in the country on December 31 on the issue. > > > > > It was also reported that as part of the campaign, delegations have met Vice > President Shri Hamid Ansari; the CPI(M) General Secretary Shri Prakash > Karat; and BJP leader in the Rajya Sabha Shri Arun Jaitley. A delegation > also met Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi subsequently, on January 9. > All these leaders have assured their best support to the speedy enactment of > this legislation. > > > > > A response to a letter seeking an appointment with the Minister for > Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Kamal Nath is still awaited. > > As decided in the last meeting, to provide boost to this endeavour, two > meetings in centres outside Delhi have been planned. A meeting is slated to > be held at Chennai on January 30 and a meeting will take place in Kolkata on > February 2. > > > > > Despite the assurances given by leaders of various political parties, we > need to be cautious and extra vigilant. It was therefore decided that to > build up the pressure from below, individuals and organisations should pool > in all their energies and resources to mobilize people to write to the > Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Kamal Nath as well as to all > possible MPs (at least to those in their respective constituencies) and > political leaders urging them to see that the Bill is tabled and passed. > > > E-mails, inlands, postcards, telegrams as may be convenient to each > individual or organisation may be sent. A profoma of the letter that can be > sent is attached herewith. You may also modify the letter to suit your > convenience, the main thrust being that the Disability Rights Bill be tabled > and passed. > > > > > To take the campaign a step further, the meeting decided to have a huge > mobilization of disabled persons from the entire country in Delhi on > February 3, 2014. > > It was also decided to approach different groups, organisations, students, > youth and whosever is interested in lending support to this campaign to > mobilize the numbers for the 'Rally for Disability Rights' on February 3. > The exact venue where we will converge will be intimated shortly. > > > > > Simultaneously, those who are unable to travel to Delhi for whatever > reasons, will hold demonstrations in state capitals, towns, district centres > etc as per their convenience. Disabled people in the entire country should > be on the streets on February 3 demanding in unison the passage of the Bill. > The mass of the disabled citizens has to be mobilized and galvanized. > > > > > As stated earlier, despite the assurances, there should be no let up in the > vigil. Nor do we need to tone down the campaign. On the contrary, it needs > to be scaled up to new heights to ensure that the Bill is tabled and > passed. > > > > > -- > Communication Unit: > National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) > A -77, South Extension Part II > New Delhi - 110 049, India > Tel.: 91-11-26265647 / 26265648 > > Websites: www.ncpedp.org and www.dnis.org > Find us on Facebook and Twitter > > > > 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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