Dear All, Ms.Menaka Gandhi who has interests in Aniimal vaccine MNC group
of French has shown her true colours. But then it is BJP governmentand we must
show our dissent in all forums possible.including voting. "Greatness lies not
in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"Captain Johann samuhanand,
BANGALORE INDIA91 80 42023252 www.captainjohann.blogspot.com
On Friday, 29 January 2016 11:35 AM, Abdul Mabood <[email protected]>
wrote:
I am forwarding you the mail given below sent by Shri Javed Abidi.
Please read it. Developments are alarming. It is time to take serious note
about these developments taking place at GoM level.
We must grow above the personal issues. Nothing should be personal & above
than rights of persons with disabilities, at least at this moment, when
projected threat to the fundamentals of the New Bill is going to be
devastating. This is my personal appeal to all.
We should not forget Smt. Menaka Gandhi's role during Erawadi disaster &
murders.
Thanks and regards,Abdul Mabood ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <[email protected]>
Date: 29 January 2016 at 03:29
Subject: More devastating news!
To: Javed Abidi <[email protected]>
(1) The Group of Ministers has decided to drop the Disability Commission from
the now proposed disability bill.
Kindly note that henceforth I would not call this document as the 'new' law as
I fondly used to call it earlier. There is nothing new in it anymore. It is now
the same old same old. We have gone back 20+ years.
I would also now not refer to this document as the Rights of this and that
Bill. The “rights” of millions of persons with disabilities have just been
recklessly taken away by the GoM and each one of us ought to be deeply ashamed.
Continuing on:
(2) The Group of Ministers has also decided to significantly reduce the number
of disabilities. Hemophilia, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Muscular
Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, etc to all get dropped or “clubbed”. Whatever
that means.
(3) This one is devastating. The government is of the view that “mental
illness” is NOT a disability. That it is a “health issue” and therefore, it
should be out of the ambit of this law and that it should be left to the Health
Ministry to “deal” with it.
I am sending this email to a 100+ people in the Indian disability sector whom I
know or whom I knew at some point of time.
As angry as I was and I am with some, I am firmly of the view that everyone
must know. These developments are far too significant to be ignored. So, I am
doing my bit.
What you/they do with this info is entirely upto you/them. Last time I sent the
below email, one person asked me to drop her from this mailing list! I haven't
done so. She too must face the cold and bitter truth.
Each person who opposed the smooth passage of the then RPWD Bill in 2014, must
now formally hang her/his head in shame.
My last bit:
Please don't overestimate the Social Media. Facebook, Twitter, taking photos
with placards hung from the neck is all very cute and very western, but it
won't get desired results.
There are two persons atleast who rush off to foreign listservs at the drop of
the hat. Why wash our dirty linen before foreigners? Please don't do that.
IN CONCLUSION:
I am personally very hugely dejected. And, at a bit of loss. What to do? Where
to go? Whom to meet? What will work?
As of now, I will say this. Ho halla, I don't think will help. Do some serious
thinking. Find out as to who are the people through whom we can reach out to
the Prime Minister, to Rajnath Singh and to Maneka Gandhi. Explain our point of
view in a mature, grounded manner and then, wait and see.
The next meeting of the GoM is expected to be on 15th February.
Javed Abidi
Convenor, DRG
28.1.2016
Sent on my BlackBerry® from VodafoneFrom: [email protected]: Tue, 26 Jan
2016 21:55:42 +0000To: Javed Abidi<[email protected]>ReplyTo:
[email protected]: Fw: Maneka raises objections to proposed Disability
Bill
FROM ONE DIVYANG TO ANOTHER DIVYANG WITH A FEW ORDINARY MORTALS THROWN IN:
Tonight, no one shall sleep!
Cry, lament, bleed.
Erwadi. Revisited.
Says who that time cannot be turned back! We just lost one decade and more.
Hon'ble Minister has nailed it.
Firm, straight, and hard.
Deep into my heart and I am not even mentally ill (or so I think).
“If a person is mentally ill like schizophrenic, how can he be given a job."
“The Bill needs to be worked on further.”
Tonight, no one shall sleep!
Cry, lament, bleed.
Erwadi. Revisited.
Javed Abidi
26.1.2016
Sent on my BlackBerry® from VodafoneFrom: Dorodi Sharma
<[email protected]>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:17:03 +0530To: Javed
Abidi<[email protected]>Subject: Maneka raises objections to proposed
Disability Bill
- Maneka raises objections to proposed Disability Bill
http://www.ptinews.com/news/7019839_Maneka-raises-objections-to-proposed-Disability-Bill.html
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Union Minister Maneka Gandhi who is part of a ministerial panel to examine the
proposed Disability Bill has raised objections to it saying that the bill does
not lay criterion for determination of mentally disabled persons.
"It (bill) does not differentiate between mentally ill and mentally disabled
person. But there is a difference between the two. If a person is mentally ill
like schizophrenic, how can he be given a job," Gandhi said talking to
reporters on the sidelines of a function.
According to the present law on disability, three per cent reservation for
disabled people is mandatory in all categories of government jobs.
The matter was raised in the meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) which held its
first meeting today to examine the Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014.
The GoM is headed by Home Minister Minister Rajnath Singh with Women and Child
Development Minister Maneka Gandhi, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot as its member.
Gandhi said the Bill needs to be worked on further before presenting to the
Cabinet.
The Bill makes accessibility a mandatory requirement under the law. It proposes
entitlement for persons with at least 40 per cent disability to certain
benefits such as reservations in education and employment, preference in
government schemes, etc.
In the case of a mentally ill person, the district court may award guardianship
to take care of him and take all legal binding decisions on his behalf in
consultation with such person.
The Bill was drafted by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and seeks to
replace the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
It imposes a penalty of Rs 10,000 or imprisonment up to six months for
violation of any provision of the Act.
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