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Ramgopal has always conspired and misled Akhilesh,” Shivpal said, referring to a tainted chief engineer of Noida authority, a charge denied by Ramgopal.

Before Akhilesh announced his decision to throw out the ministers, Ramgopal, the party’s chief strategist, attacked the Shivpal camp through an open letter.

“We want that chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s leadership see the next government in UP; they want he loses come what may,” said Ramgopal, who is in Mumbai.

He reaffirmed support for Akhilesh after his ouster.

“Netaji is surrounded by demonic powers...In the ongoing crusade (dharm-yudh), I am with Akhilesh Yadav,” he said. urging the CM’s supporters to fight without fear.

“Usually they have to give 30 days for this process after which the draft rules is sent to the law department for vetting. Only after the legal approval, states can notify the rules. The entire process will take three to four months,” an official said.

Union territories of Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu, where the Centre is empowered to frame rules, will be the only places where the law is likely to come into force in November.

In Delhi’s case, the Union urban development ministry has to frame the rules. “We have held discussions with the Delhi government officials. But it will take more time,” a ministry official said.

Only a handful of states have started the process to draw up the rules.

“We are drafting the rules. It will take three-four months to notify them,” said Manjit Singh, Rajasthan secretary, department of local-self government.

Consumer groups are unhappy with the delay.

“We are afraid developers are putting pressure on the government to defer the notification of rules,” said MS Shankar, who heads the Karnataka chapter of Fight for Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

The law makes it mandatory for builders developing a project where the land exceeds 500 square metre to register themselves with the regulatory authority before launching or advertising their project.

Failure will invite a penalty of up to 10% of the project cost. For subsequent violation, developers face three years in jail.