{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ebe751be3f889048a3fe4c0/66bb12210b26e24b4935c47d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Don’t blame quota’: Disability activist on Puja Khedkar case, inclusivity","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ebe751be3f889048a3fe4c0/1723535809026-78870231-b70f-4368-b46e-538f1482daba.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After the spate of allegations against IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, last week the UPSC said she had misused the disability quota and filed a case against her. But this changed the course of the conversation, with several bureaucrats raising questions on the need for the quota.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Arman Ali, executive director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, spoke to&nbsp;<em>Newslaundry&nbsp;</em>about why putting the blame on people with disability is a harmful narrative and would result in pushing back people of disability by decades.</p><p><br></p><p>Ali also spoke about a case he recently filed against prominent cricketers for allegedly mocking people of disability and the need to include disability in mainstream conversations.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in.</p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}