Accusing the BJP of “betraying” residents of unauthorised colonies in the national Capital, AAP on Wednesday announced to hold ‘Dhokha Diwas’ on November 16 across all the Assembly constituencies with the slogan of ‘Dhoka Nahi, Registry Do’.
AAP Delhi Convener Gopal Rai said that the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are visiting these colonies to spread lies regarding the registration for the residents. “We will hold rallies and meetings in every unauthorised colony in every Vidhan Sabha to expose the BJP,” he said, adding that all the Cabinet minister, MLAs, MPs, councillors and senior leaders will reach out to the residents of the unauthorised colonies to expose the BJP,” he said.
He said that when the AAP exposed the fraud of the Center about the online registration through a website link, the Center panicked and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi immediately called a meeting with the officials of the Delhi Development Authority and thereafter the Center tried to hide the reality about the registration process.
Rai further said that the situation has changed as neither the Center nor the L-G is ready to disclose whether the registration process will start before the election or not. “This is not the first time the residents of the unauthorised colonies are being fooled. Earlier the Congress government distributed the provisional certificate to these people before election and after the election did nothing,” he said, adding that the BJP is following the footsteps of the Congress party by opening registration through the website.
In October, the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said the Centre would also bring a bill in the Winter Session of Parliament to give relief to the residents of unauthorised colonies in the national capital.
The move comes ahead of Assembly polls in Delhi, scheduled for early next year.The decision is applicable to 1,797 identified unauthorised colonies spread over 175 square km inhabited by people from lower income groups, Puri had said last month.
