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New Delhi: While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing the support of residents of 1,800 unauthorised colonies in Delhi to win all seven of the capitals Lok Sabha seats for the third time, the Narendra Modi governments special scheme to grant ownership rights to over 10 lakh households in these colonies has failed to benefit many...
Under the Prime Minister-Unauthorized Colonies in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojana (PM-UDAY) scheme launched in December 2019, just a little over 22,000 of the 1.69 lakh applicants so far have got ownership rights of their properties...
The central governments move was seen as a game-changer ahead of the 2020 Delhi assembly elections, potentially helping the BJP garner the support of residents of unauthorised colonies, which was once considered the Congress core support base that later shifted to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
Now, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is focusing on the work done by the Modi government but has also assured residents of these colonies that it will work to expedite the process to grant ownership rights...
Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP candidate from South Delhi, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri a four-time MLA and the Leader of the Opposition in Delhi assembly last week assured residents of affluent unauthorised colonies that were left out under the Centres schemethat ownership rights would soon be awarded to them...
