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National Association of the Blind|Joint Forum for Disability
Rights|Disability Rights Bill|Disability bill
Persons with disability from across the country are coming to Delhi to
hold a huge demonstration on February 3 under the auspices of the
Joint Forum for Disability Rights to urge the government to pass the
Bill after incorporating the amendments.
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NEW DELHI: Disability rights activists from across the country have
come together to demand that the government incorporate crucial
amendments to the new Disability Rights Bill before introducing it in
Parliament on February 5 and passing it. A leaked copy of the bill
created a furore as activists realised that the Bill readied to be
passed was not the draft available on the ministry of social justice
and empowerment (MSJE) website, but a diluted version.
The Bill in the current form is not just a negation of already won
rights and the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of
jobs for persons with disabilities but militates against the United
Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD),
which it claims to harmonise with, said a statement issued by a Joint
Forum for Disability Rights at a press conference held on Saturday
morning. The Joint Forum comprises several disability rights
organizations who have come together to fight for bringing about
amendments in the proposed Bill.
The government seems by and large in agreement with the 20
recommendations we have given for amending the Bill and seems willing
to incorporate them. The MSJE has sent the recommendations to the Law
Ministry. We hope our belief and trust is not betrayed by the
government,' said S K Runta of the National Association of the Blind
(NAB), who added that the disability sector was never taken into
confidence when the changes to the draft of the Bill available on MSJE
website were made.
The definition of disability in keeping with the UNCRPD, legal
capacity and provision for guardianship, especially for persons with
psycho-social and intellectual disabilities and provision for an
effective grievance redressal mechanism were some of the aspects of
the Bill on which the activists sought amendment.
Javed Abidi of the Disability Rights Group pointed out that activists
across the country were holding candle light vigils and dharnas to
press for the passing of the Bill without realizing that it had been
diluted and many changes were made because a copy of the Bill was not
shared with the disability sector.
He added that political leaders across party lines, including BJP's
Arun Jaitley, CPM's Prakash Karat, UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi and
several others had promised that since the Bill was non-political,
they would ensure that it was passed, if it was introduced in
Parliament. We are extremely nervous. We hope before the Telengana
issue comes to Parliament, and other controversies happen, the
political parties, both ruling parties and those in the opposition
will ensure passage of this bill. The fate of millions of persons with
disability depends on the new law coming into force, said Abidi. The
disability rights activists were also assured of support in getting
the amendments incorporated and in passing the Bill by Congress vice
president, Rahul Gandhi, who met them on Saturday morning.
Persons with disability from across the country are coming to Delhi to
hold a huge demonstration on February 3 under the auspices of the
Joint Forum for Disability Rights to urge the government to pass the
Bill after incorporating the amendments.
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