Candlelight Vigil Demands
PWD Rights
Bill Enactment
A
candlelight vigil was held at Bisra Chowk here on Sunday evening demanding
enactment of Rights of Persons with Disability (PWD) Bill under the leadership
of Manoj Kumar Biswal.
Biswal said that for the last six years disability right
activists and groups across the country have been fighting to get the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Bill passed in the Parliament. But no tangible has
happened as yet.
The Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment had assured
us that the Bill would be introduced in the winter session of Parliament but
the abrupt end of the Parliament session on December 18 prevented the Bill from
being tabled, rued Biswal.
Biswal further urged all the political parties to come
together and show political will in reconvening the Parliament January last or
February fast and pass the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill in the two
houses.
Source:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/candlelight-vigil-demands-pwd-rights-bill-enactment.html
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