Re: What is the next steps to the RBWD Bill

[Dlu South]

Dear Pradeep,

Thanks for the information.

Disability Rights Alliance from Chennai met the law minister Mr.Sadanand Gouda at Bangalore and presented our submissions on RPDB. He has agreed to forward it to the ministry. We are trying to speak to BJP representatives in Tamilnadu and Karnataka.

Multiple sclerosis society of India, Chennai has conducted a slogan demonstration condemning the GOI s idea to drop health disabilities. Unable to attach pictures here. Will send them as separate mail.

Would it be possible for you or any one else to get an appointment with the Prime Minister and Mr.Rajnath, who heads the GOM, for disability sector to discuss about RPDB? If so we can meet them as a team.

Other health disability groups should also involve themselves in the campaign and together we should get the law in lines with UNCRPD passed soon.

Thanks
Smitha Sadasivan
Disability Rights Alliance

On 8 Feb 2016 17:25, "Pradeep Raj" <disabl...@yahoo.in> wrote:
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> Dear All,
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> As you all are aware that now RPWD Bill is in Group of Ministers. It's very sad to know, on last Friday I met to Minster of Social Justice and Empowerment Sh Thawar Chand Gehlot. He has confirmed that Group of Ministers are removing Disability Commission from RPWD Bill and they want to make some council or committee only.
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> Also its shocking that they are decreasing the number of disabilities from it because Because they felt that the diseases may not disability. He also said that Psychosocial disabilities or Mental illness or  is issue of Mental Health Bill, so they removed reservation in  jobs for Mental illnesses disabilities. The next date of GoM is 11th Feb 2016 and for Mental Health Bill on 15th Feb 2016.
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> My qustion is, where is the Disability Alliance now ? As you all aware the leader of  Disability Alliance has join BJP in last year so can Disability Alliance do protest against Modi Sarkar now ? So it is proof that the people who opposed the bill, was done only own self-interest and political interests. Therefore today they are all sitting silent.
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> So it is request to all plz come together and save #RPWD. Jai Hind !
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> With Regards
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> Pradeep Raj
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> IBN-7 Super Idol & Helen Keller Awardee
> Gen. Secretary of Association for Disabled People
> Founder of Para Sports Foundation (Regd)
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From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <npr...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:33 PM
Subject: Meeting with MSJE
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National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled

National Federation of the Blind

 

 

February 9, 2016

 

 

Press Statement

 

 

Amid reports in a section of the media that provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 were proposed to be diluted by the Group of Ministers constituted to look into it, Shri S.K. Rungta, General Secretary of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Shri Muralidharan, Secretary of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), met the Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot at his office today afternoon.

 

 

While they expressed their concern over these reported moves, the Minister denied that the Group of Ministers had made any recommendation for the removal of certain disabilities from the ambit of the Bill. He also contradicted reports that the GOM has recommended deletion of the provision of Disability Commission or made any other recommendation. He said that while some of the ministers who constituted the GoM had expressed their views on certain issues including on psychosocial disabilities, no decision on this or any matter has been taken yet.

 

 

Shri Gehlot also assured that the disability sector will be consulted when the Ministry finalises its recommendations.

 

While thanking the Minister for clearing the air, the NPRD and the NFB would like to affirm that it would in unison with other disability rights organisations fight for strengthening the existing Bill and also against any attempt to dilute its provisions.

 

 

 

 

(S K Rungta)                                            (Muralidharan)

General Secretary, NFB                         Secretary, NPRD

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VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR

http://about.me/vjayakumar

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Pradeep Raj <disabl...@yahoo.in> wrote:

Dear All,

As you all are aware that now RPWD Bill is in Group of Ministers. It's very sad to know, on last Friday I met to Minster of Social Justice and Empowerment Sh Thawar Chand Gehlot. He has confirmed that Group of Ministers are removing Disability Commission from RPWD Bill and they want to make some council or committee only.

Also its shocking that they are decreasing the number of disabilities from it because Because they felt that the diseases may not disability. He also said that Psychosocial disabilities or Mental illness or  is issue of Mental Health Bill, so they removed reservation in  jobs for Mental illnesses disabilities. The next date of GoM is 11th Feb 2016 and for Mental Health Bill on 15th Feb 2016.


My qustion is, where is the Disability Alliance now ? As you all aware the leader of  Disability Alliance has join BJP in last year so can Disability Alliance do protest against Modi Sarkar now ? So it is proof that the people who opposed the bill, was done only own self-interest and political interests. Therefore today they are all sitting silent.

So it is request to all plz come together and save #RPWD. Jai Hind !

With Regards

Pradeep Raj
National Awardee by President of India

IBN-7 Super Idol & Helen Keller Awardee

Gen. Secretary of Association for Disabled People

Founder of Para Sports Foundation (Regd)

Ph: +91 9350164514, +91 11 46532258