New Delhi, Dec. 3: The entire top brass of the social justice and empowerment ministry were sitting snugly at Vigyan Bhavan this afternoon, marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, when the bombshell dropped. Had we known we would have to do the news conference today, we could have held it at Vigyan Bhavan itself," a ministry official said. Ironically, the cabinet approval for the bill had already been announced once - through an emailed media statement from the ministry on November 30 evening. Ministry officials said they had no idea when the announcement would be made. "Why didn't you hold the news conference at Vigyan Bhavan?

Source: The Telegraph December 03, 2016 21:08 UTC