Modi betraying people: Gehlot

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the people of the country by not fulfilling the promise of containing "sky-rocketing inflation".
"PM Modi has been exposed. The common man is under the burden of sky-rocketing inflation. Crude oil prices reduced in international market but the benefit was not passed on to the people, instead excise duty was increased," Gehlot told reporters here.
He also accused the government of protecting Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the Lalit Modi controversy.
"Hardik Patel is a youth and he was booked in Gujarat under charges of sedition whereas this action should have been taken against Rajasthan CM Raje. But unfortunately, no action is being taken against her," he said, while alleging that the Modi government was targeting Congress leaders.

"It is not possible without the nod of PM Modi. This trend is very dangerous," he said.
The Bill will replace the persons with Disabilities

(Equal opportunities, Protection of rights and Full participation) Act 1995 which recognised 7 disabilities - blindness, low vision, leprosy-cured, hearing impairment, locomotor disabilities, mental retardation and mental illness.
The 2016 Bill expands the definition of disability to cover 21 conditions, specific learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, speech and language disability, thalassemia, haemophilia, sickle cell disease, multiple disabilities including deaf blindness, acid attack victims and Parkinson's disease.
The Bill also allows the Centre to notify any other condition as a disability, said the release.

It makes a special mention of the needs of women and children with disabilities, and lays down specific provisions on the guardianship of mentally ill persons.
"The amendments include private firms in the definition of 'establishments', which previously referred to only government bodies. All such establishments have to ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with barrier-free access in buildings, transport systems and all kinds of public infrastructure, and are not discriminated against in matters of employment," Gehlot said.
The Bill is being brought to comply with the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which India became a signatory in 2007, the minister said.

As per the release, the 2011 Census put the number of disabled in India at 2.68 crore, or 2.21 per cent of the population.
The Bill makes a larger number of people eligible for rights and entitlements by reason of their disability, and for welfare schemes and reservations in government jobs and education, the release added.