My colleague, who is wheel chair user, went to Umra and she never felt any discrimination, rather, all facilities were given including seperate line for the holly circling.
Renuka., Asst. Registrar, ICT Centre for the Visually Challenged, CH Muhammed Koya Library, University of Calicut. On 4/12/18, Sruti disAbility Rights Centre <sruti.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <nprd...@gmail.com> > Date: 12 April 2018 at 11:49 > Subject: Govt Defending a Discriminatory Haj Policy > To: > > > > April 12, 2018 > > > > *Press Statement* > > > > The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled is appalled at the > contents of the affidavit filed by the Union Ministry for Minority Affairs > in the Delhi High Court in a case challenging the new Haj Policy that > virtually bars certain categories of disabled persons from undertaking the > Haj. > > > > In its attempt to defend a policy that is outright discriminatory, the > government is portraying the entire disabled community as beggars. This is > demeaning and an out-and-out abuse, which has to be squarely condemned. > That a few disabled are compelled into begging, reflects poorly on skewed > priorities of successive governments at the centre that have failed to > ameliorate the conditions of the vast mass of the disabled population. > > > > When a NPRD delegation met the Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Muktar > Abbas Naqvi on January 5 2018 along with Shri T K Rengarajan, MP, seeking > removal of these discriminatory provisions, the Minister assured that he > would issue an advisory to the Haj Committee of India to review the > guidelines and “bring it in conformity” with the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities Act, 2016. He had also assured that “corrective action” will > be taken. > > > > Even while the clause “Persons whose legs are amputated, who are crippled, > handicapped, lunatic or otherwise physically/mentally incapacitated” – are > ineligible to apply for Haj -- has been removed from the guidelines > uploaded on the website of the Haj Committee of India – that this was under > pressure, is quite obvious. > > > > What is even more outrageous is that in its affidavit the government has > sought to defend the usage of this derogatory terminology. This is > unacceptable to say the least. Notwithstanding the use of patronizing terms > like *Divyang* to connote people with disabilities, the disabled continue > to be denied dignity, accommodation and recognition of their rights as > equal and productive citizens. > > > > *(Muralidharan)* > > *General Secretary* > > -- > National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) > 36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane > New Delhi 110 001 > Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543 > > > > 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.. > 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..
