AAP leaders, MLAs to observe Dhoka Diwas against BJP's promise of regularising unauthorised colonies

Senior AAP leaders and party MLAs will observe 'Dhoka Diwas' on Saturday to protest against BJP's "false promise" to regularise unauthorized colonies. Calling BJP's announcement to regularise unauthorized colonies an "election gimmick", senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said the BJP's intentions are "not genuine".

"To tell people about how they are being cheated by the BJP, we will observe a Dhoka Diwas on Saturday. Our senior leaders, party MLAs will also join in to tell people living in unauthorized colonies how the BJP is cheating them and regularising unauthorized colonies is a false promise," he told reporters. Rai said they will raise the message of "BJP walon dhoka nahi, registry do" (BJP give us registry, not betrayal).

In October, the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorized colonies in Delhi. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the Centre would also bring a bill in the Winter Session of Parliament to give relief to the residents of unauthorized colonies in the national capital.

The move has come ahead of assembly polls in Delhi, to be held early next year. The decision is applicable to 1,797 identified unauthorized colonies spread over 175 square km inhabited by people from lower-income groups, Puri said last month.