Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare today wrotea letterto the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad and the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment,Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, seeking amendment of the existing discriminatory laws against persons affected by leprosyIt will be a befitting tribute to the Father of the Nation on his 150th Birth Anniversary if we can expedite the process and introduction of the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy EDPAL Bill, which was drafted by the Law Commission of India and annexed in its 256th Report, Dr Harsh Vardhan wrote in his letter to the two Union Ministers
कुष्ठरोग्यांच्या बाबतीत भेदभाव करणारे 108 कायदे बदलावे, अशी मागणी करणारे पत्र केंद्रीय आरोग्य मंत्री डॉ. हर्ष वर्धन यांनी केंद्रीय विधी आणि न्याय मंत्री रवीशंकर प्रसाद तसंच सामाजिक न्याय आणि सक्षमीकरण मंत्री थावरचंद गेहलोत यांना पाठवले आहे.