LALITPUR, August 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, stated that the regulations related to citizenship would be introduced at the earliest.

KATHMANDU, June 1: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has expressed happiness over the authentication of a bill relating to amendment of Citizenship Act, 2063.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, has said the government would be reviving the bill relating to the Citizenship Act.

KATHMANDU, June 3: At a discussion program organized today by the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee under the House of Representatives and Women, Law and Development Forum, parliamentarian Min Bahadur Bishwakarma shared that preparation was underway to take forward the Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill as soon as the budget for the forthcoming fiscal year 2022/23 is passed.

KATHMANDU, June 30: Taking strong exception to some of the provisions of citizenship bill which proposes granting naturalized citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men only seven years after the marriage, the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) staged a demonstration in the capital on Tuesday.

Madheshis are angry and worried that the state might deny citizenship to their spouses because a parliamentary committee has endorsed the Citizenship Amendment Bill.  They are angry also because they have been misinformed by politicians and NGO activists about what is there in the Bill.   Lies, propaganda and misinterpretation could breed hate and tear the social fabric, if they are not told the truth on time.

Ill logic, emotion and sentimentality, name calling of nationalists and mocking of Nepal are back on citizenship debate. This time around too, like a year ago and years before that, a set of some same myths, lies and propaganda are being manufactured and spread as State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the parliament has proposed seven years’ residency for foreign women married to Nepali citizens as a criteria to obtain Nepali citizenships.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Women rights activists have demanded a revision to the Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill stating that the proposed provision in the bill has made it further tough for single women to help their children acquire citizenship certificate.