Calling the Bill introduced in LS to regularise unauthorised colonies in Delhi a "huge fraud", the AAP on Tuesday demanded that residents of such areas should get registry of their houses before the assembly elections next year. AAP's comments came as the centre announced plans to give registry to some residents of these colonies before the polls and to others after the assembly elections.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on October-23 said the Cabinet has decided to give ownership rights to 40L people living in Delhi's unauthorised colonies. The Bill in this regard is expected to be introduced in Parliament during the Winter Session, that commences on November-18. The development comes just a few months ahead of the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, scheduled to take place in early 2020.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Centre today approved a proposal to constitute a committee to recommend process for giving ownership or transfer rights to the residents of unauthorized colonies in Delhi. "Cabinet approves proposal to constitute a committee to recommend process for conferring ownership or transfer rights to residents of unauthorized colonies in Delhi," the government said in a statement.