Kolkata, February 20: CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat today said there would be a country-wide protest if proper allocation for the disabled was not made in the coming Union budget.
“We regret that the Government’s policies are totally insensitive to the needs of the families with disabled children,” she said at a national convention for disabled persons here.
Karat said while the Government had exempted Rs 4 lakh crore in taxes for the rich, it was not allocating funds for the education of disabled children.
Altogether 142 schools for disabled children had closed for want of government grants, she said, adding that teachers with skills for teaching the disabled are unemployed in Karnataka.
“We are warning the Government that there will be a country-wide movement if proper allocation is not made in the budget for the disabled.
–Agencies