New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- : Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri handed over registry documents and conveyance deeds to 34 persons living in unauthorized colonies in the national capital and added that the Centre, irrespective of the election results, is planning to complete the exercise soon.

"The conferring of ownership rights to the residents of the people living in unauthorised colonies has nothing to do with the elections. The process was not stopped due to the elections. We have proved that it can be done and it is being done and we are determined to complete this exercise within a reasonable time frame," Puri said at a press conference on Friday.

"As of February 14, more than 2 lakh 15 thousand people have registered in the portal (to get...