<span style="color: #222222;">The Congress today demanded  that the government should introduce a compulsory marriage registration bill to deal with the problem of desertion women married to NRIs and conduct third-party audit of women shelter homes across the country.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The demands were made by a delegation led by All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev that called on Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi and submitted a memorandum to her.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The delegation pointed out that over 30,000 cases of desertion of women married to NRIs were pending in Punjab alone and demanded that a compulsory marriage registration bill be introduced and a law be enacted so that these women get justice.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The delegation also stated that the shelter homes are for the rehabilitation of women and were established so that women in difficult circumstances could lead a life of dignity, but the recent events reported in Muzzafarpur, Bihar, and Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, point to the contrary.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The delegation demanded that a third-party audit of all such homes across the country be done and all these reports be made public within the next six months.</span><br />