I just came across this status of Javed then I also responded let us read what he said: block quote NEW DISABILITY RIGHTS BILL UPDATE; 31ST JANUARY: We had a good meeting of the Joint Forum today evening at AADI. The mood was defined as 'cautious optimism' The clouds have lifted and there is great hope. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. By doing this, the Government would fulfill our key most demand to "Save the Bill". In any case, the bunch of misdirected souls who wanted to "Kill the Bill" have mostly fallen silent. Their desperate attempt to misguide the Nation has failed and thank God, rightly so. NOW, we can focus on where the focus should have been in the first place: On how to strengthen the present draft Bill or let's put it this way - on how to reduce/remove the lacunae that have crept into the Cabinet approved Bill. Some very serious anomalies, no doubt. The very definition of disability, the entire very complex issue of legal capacity, the deep concerns expressed repeatedly by disabled people in government jobs vis a vis promotions, and so on. As you are aware, the Joint Platform worked tirelessly in Delhi and over 3 meetings, drew up a list of 20 non negotiables (while we were being mocked at and being called names!). Relentlessly, as if possessed, we have pursued our POSITIVE AGENDA of ensuring that India finally gets a rights based law for it's 70+ million disabled citizens. We want the Bill to be passed with the amendments as suggested by the Joint Platform. So far so good. Ministry of Social Justice is supporting us and the file has already moved. Once again, the ball is in the court of the Law Ministry. Let's see. By Monday or Tuesday, we should find out. My hands are firmly set on my wheels. Ready to take off! Of course, with a very silent prayer on my lips. block quote end Once I read this I responded... Mr Javed Abidi People have some burning questions from you. Once you didn't know about the contents of the approved Bill why didn't you inform persons with disabilities whom you claim to represent that you didn't know anything about the Bill? Laws are not framed on emotional grounds law-making is very complex process. this Bill has many inadequacies and once enacted in current form disabled people will lose hugely. And remember you were very jubillant prior the Census figures about disabled people got released? why Government has overlooked World Bank figures so outrightly? you say you are in the disability sector over the last 20 or odd years there are many who are fighting hard for last thirty or thirty five years. Don't misguide please we read laws we know laws... What you want ticket? please don't play with the lives of innocent disabled people.
On 2/1/14, pranjal patil <pranjal.bl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Abidi sir, > > I agree with you that you have been a very strong disability activist. > But here are my questions: > 1. why did you lead a campaign in favour of passing this bill without > any debate among stakeholders and even without looking at the content > of the bill? > 2. it is very true that it was only NFB which could get access to the > copy of this flawed bill. Had nfb not circulated the draft in public > domain, the passing of this bill would have done an immense damage to > the very interests of the disableds. > 3. why did you not try to seek a copy of the bill from the government? > 4. why did you not tell the disableds that you have not looked at the > approved cabinet draft? > > > -- > PRANJAL > M.Phil research scholar > Centre for West Asian Studies > School of International Studies > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi: 110067 > -- 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/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. 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..
