Resident Doctors from Aurangabad sell Fruits to Protest against Unpaid Stipend

MEGHA MURKYA

26 DEC 2018 : Resident doctors from Aurangabad Government Medical College have started selling fruits on streets to mark their protest and draw attention in regard with their unpaid stipends. These resident doctors have not been paid their stipend since last 50 days. Resident doctors from government medical college Ambajogai, Beed, Latur, Aurangabad, and Nagpur have joined the protest from Monday, December 24. In order to mark their protest, the doctors are wearing a black ribbon on their hands as a mark of solidarity.
However, the doctors have not stopped working because for them health of the people should not be affected by this protest.
Dr Abdul Vakil Khan, MARD President, Aurangabad, said that they had very little money and that too is spent so they were left with this option of selling fuits to gain some income.

Dr Ashutosh Jadhao, President MARD Nagpur GMC, said that they are still working as they do not want the haelth of the poor to be affected thus they are still working. But if this continued they will have to go on strike and shut down the OPD as well.
The doctors say that they were promised by the officials in one of the meetings on thus issue that they will take some action but nothing has been done yet.

A Law student saved by Kailash Satyarthi from Slavery now Fights for Rape Survivors

Amar, a law student, who was saved from child labour by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has chose to fight for the cause through his dream career.
He was 5-years-old and his work was to fix telephone poles when saved by Satyarthi’s Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA).

Amar wants to become a lawyer and contribute to the cause.
Satyarthi is called as ‘Bhaisaab ji‘, meaning elder brother, an affectionate name given to Satyarthi by the rescued kids. He posted Amar’s story on twitter as he was overwhelmed as Amar fought for a 17-year-old rape survivor. He tweeted, “Today, my son Amar Lal stood in the court for a 17 years old rape survivor. It is our proudest moment as parents of this bright young lawyer who we rescued from inter-generational slavery at the age of 5. He stayed at Bal Ashram until he completed his education. Way to go!”
Amar who is currently studying in Noida is the first member from his family to be educated. While talking to Deccan Herald he said, “We belong to the Banjara community. We never get a chance to attend school as we keep travelling from one place to another.”. Amar is originally from Rajasthan. With his law degree, he aims to fight for justice for rape survivors.

Another such case is of Kinsu Kumar who was also rescued by BBA in December 2003, at the age of eight. He is now a BTech student in Rajasthan harbouring a dream to become an IAS officer. He previously washed used cars in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Much like the others, he was also rescued after being found to be a victim of child labour.

Satyarthi’s Bachpan Bachao Andolan has liberated over 87,000 children from various forms of oppression.