Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday highlighted the "poorly equipped" facilities for people with disabilities as he came to Parliament in a wheelchair after he sprained his left foot last week.
"When you need to enter Parliament in a wheelchair, there's only one entrance with a ramp, at door 9, a good four-minute trip (with the assistance of helpers) to the Lok Sabha. This temporary disability has taught me how poorly equipped we are to support people with disabilities," Tharoor said in a tweet.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP announced Friday he sprained his left foot in missing a step in Parliament.
"After ignoring it for a few hours the pain had become so acute that I had to go to the hospital. Am now immobilised with a cast," he had tweeted.
(Published 22 December 2022, 09:16 IST)
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