Prior to the meeting, the prime minister also flagged off Mahamana Superfast Express train which will run from here to New Delhi thrice a week.
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In his December 27 “Mann ki Baat” radio address, Modi based his concept of “Divyang” on the premise that the people with physical diabilities tend to develop special faculties that even the fully “able” lack. At a function to distribute aides to differently-abled persons in his constituency, he referred to dalits but made no mention of the controversy over the suicide of a dalit research scholar in Hyderabad University over which two of his ministers have come under attack.
Upon learning about the accident, the prime minister expressed his regrets and said the government would make arrangement for their treatment. “I was amazed to see how he operated the computer”, Mr. Modi said even as he recalled some “touching experiences” he had while interacting with differently-abled persons when he was still Chief Minister of Gujarat. He specifically told those gathered that his government is making an effort to make sure that all the government building are at least accessible for people with special abilities.
PM Modi is scheduled to visit Varanasi today.
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PM talked about how his pro poor government gets negative criticism just because he is trying to get rid of middlemen and ensuring that benefits directly reach the needy. Handing over a computer to a child named Rahul, who was suffering from low IQ, the Prime Minister said he was impressed with his computer skills. British Parliamentarian of Indian origin Lord Raj Loomba and his wife were among those present on the occasion. Nearly a dozen of them received the devices personally by the prime minister, who also gave away sewing machines to widows.
