They maintain that Nepal will see more investment if the government annuls its policy that makes abandonment of Nepali citizenship mandatory for those holding foreign passports.[break]
Talking to RSS, Chairman of Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) to Nepal Hom Nath Acharya said that even those who were possessing foreign passports should be allowed to receive Nepali citizenship.
"The provision that Nepali citizenship will be canceled if anyone receives foreign citizenship has become obsolete," he said. If that happens, those who return Nepal will feel that they are at home and at the same time it will encourage them to invest here."
NRNA Chairman Devman Hirachan also subscribes Acharya´s argument. The provision of cancelling citizenship of those Nepalis who get citizenship of other countries has saddened many NRNs, he said. "They have no official proof to prove themselves as the citizens of Nepal. Thus, the government should annul this provision since they are not interested in bringing investment to Nepal."
He said that hundreds of NRNs will bring a huge flow of investment here if a new provision comes into effect that doesn’t deprive the NRNs from getting citizenship.
NRN Russia´s representative to Nepal Sapila Raj Bhandari said the government policy has forced Nepali citizens to be foreign nationals. "We have gone abroad for employment. It is a sad fact that the government makes us foreigners by cancelling our citizenships."
According to Acharya, NRNs have been making an investment of around Rs. 3 billion in several sectors in Nepal and out of the total 25 percent investment also is going to the education sector.
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