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A nine-member delegation of the Disabled Rights Group (DRG) and National Association of the Deaf (NAD) met Congress President, Sonia Gandhi today in its continuing effort to seek the support of major political parties to ensure the introduction and passage of the Disability Rights Bill when Parliament is re-convened early next month and also to have a Sign Language Interpreter on TV during the Republic Day Telecast.
The Congress President assured the delegation of her party's full support in ensuring the passage of the Bill.
The members of the delegation which called upon Sonia Gandhi were: Javed Abidi (Convener, DRG), Muralidharan (Secretary, NPRD), Merry Barua (Action for Autism), Syamala Gidugu (AADI), Neelam Jolly (VISHWAS), Radhika Alkazi (Aarth-Aastha), George Abraham (Score) and Zorin Singha & A.S. Narayanan (National Association for the Deaf).