SC
issues interlocutory order not to implement Act on
Citizenship (rn 04/06/2023), Supreme
Court Issues Interim Order to Halt Immediate
Implementation of Amended Citizenship Act (ht
04/06/2023)
A
home for all : If our identities are fluid, citizenship
cannot remain dictated by archaic divisions and anxiety
of otherness (kp 01/06/2023)
NRNs
elated over authentication of bill on amendment of
Citizenship Act (rep 01/06/2023), Here
are some specific provisions made by controversial
Citizenship Amendment Bill approved by President Paudel
(rep 01/06/2023) [Still
insufficient patriarchal and discriminatory against
women!]
President
Paudel authenticates Citizenship Bill (kh
31/05/2023), Wrong
timing, flawed process: Authentication of the
citizenship bill might remain a controversial
move for long : The timing and process of a
particular decision carries important value in
politics. The move of Nepal’s president to
authenticate the citizenship bill coinciding
with the Prime Minister’s India visit will
generate controversies in Nepal’s political
sphere, by Kishor Dahal (nlt 31/05/2023),
RPP
Nepal Chair Kamal Thapa, RSP Chair Rabi Lamichhane
oppose citizenship bill authentication : President
Paudel granted stamp of approval to the controversial
citizenship bill few hours before Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal embarked on four-day official visit to India
(nlt 31/05/2023)
12,000
plus citizenship certificates issued in Sunsari (kh
28/05/2023)
Citizenship
amendment bill: Send it back to parliament (rep
13/05/2023)
New
President can authenticate citizenship bill, legal
experts say : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal seeks
suggestions from representatives of Nepal Bar
Association on the bill’s status (kp 07/05/2023) [And what are the consequences of his
predecessor's unconstitutional behaviour? After all,
this had far-reaching consequences, not only for the
persons concerned.]
'No
eligible Nepali will be without
citizenship' : DPM Shrestha also assured
the problems of usury victims would be
addressed (ht 19/04/2023) [The
question is, who is considered eligible?
So far, children are only considered
eligible if the father has Nepali
nationality. Only when women are seen as
fully equal citizens can the problem
with citizenship be solved!], Citizenship
bill : The govt must reach consensus on the citizenship
bill rejected by then prez (ht 20/04/2023)
Home
Minister pledges to revive the Citizenship Bill (kh
11/04/2023)
Ruling
alliance vows to pass new citizenship bill (ht
31/03/2023)
uture
of 1.7 million children uncertain as they fail to get
citizenship from their mother’s name (rep
27/03/2023)
Nepali
public questions rationale of national ID card :
Launched to integrate multiple documents, it may be long
before the card replaces the citizenship certificate,
by Anup Ojha (kp 23/03/2023), The
notional ID : The flawed national ID card scheme
suggests it was introduced for the benefit of certain
vested interests (kp 24/03/2023)
Over
500 Tibetan refugees have Nepali citizenship; five
including gang leader arrested (rep 23/03/2023)
Govt
creates five more places to apply for National ID Card
(kh 03/03/2023)
Children
with absent fathers struggle for citizenship : Officials
say their hands are tied on provision for women to pass
on citizenship to children when fathers are absent, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp
15/02/2023) [Nothing has
changed, PM Dahal! Nepal remains a patriarchy dominated
by male delusion. Only men are true citizens. Without
them, women are nothing! It is a big security risk for
Nepal when women have absolutely equal rights!? What was
actually celebrated there the day before yesterday?]
Gurung
who was convicted of dual citizenship nominated as
member of Town Development Committee, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (kp 09/02/2023)
Government
preparing to push long-awaited citizenship bill : Prime
Minister Dahal plans to pass around 20 bills over the
next one-and-a-half months, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane and dual citizenship in Nepal : No
constitutional provision for dual citizenship, but state
offers limited citizenship rights for non-resident
Nepalis, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/02/2023)
Lack
of citizenship pushes Musahars deep into poverty : In 40
households of Shobhapur, more than 50 individuals above
the age of 16 do not have citizenship certificates,
by Bharat Jargha Magar (kp 02/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamchhane acquires Nepali citizenship again (kh
29/01/2023) [This
sounds extremely fast! Millions of young people
have been waiting in vain for this for years!]
Rabi
Lamichhane found guilty in citizenship case : Loses
posts of DPM, Home Minister and parliamentarian (kh
27/01/2023), Rabi
Lamichhane not eligible to remain lawmaker (nlt
23/01/2023)
65
persons acquire naturalized citizenship in Solukhumbu
(kh 22/01/2023) [Only Nepali men
are considered real citizens by the patriarchal
nationalists. Therefore, their foreign wives are given
the opportunity to acquire Nepali citizenship. Nepali
women are no longer considered real Nepalis if they
marry foreigners. Therefore, their foreign husbands are
usually denied the opportunity to acquire Nepali
citizenship!]
The
agony of a stateless citizen : Being without a
citizenship at 21 has cost me my ambitions that I had
dreamed of since I was 16, by Vivek Baranwal (kp
21/01/2023)
Foreign
minister joins the chorus in pledging to ease passport
woes : Officials say the number of fresh passport books
available with the department is depleting fast as 6,000
copies are printed daily, by Anil Giri (kp
20/01/2023)
Rasuwa
arranges for online form submission for passport (kh
19/01/2023)
US
rights group says President Bhandari’s inaction deprived
many Nepalis of citizenship : The Human Rights Watch
expresses concerns over lack of progress in transitional
justice process (kp 13/01/2023) [The
President's "inaction" was a deliberate breach of the
Constitution and should be named as such!]
Passport
distribution disrupted till further notice (rep
03/01/2023), Department
of Passport halts passport distribution, status check
services : Citing technical faults in the system, the
department urged service seekers not to visit the office
until further notice (nlt 03/01/2023)
Street
children demand legal documents as they turn adult : The
street-children-turned-adults say their miseries have
compounded in lack of legal status as a Nepali citizen
(nlt 31/12/2022)
Surrendering
citizenship card: An ethical decision, by Mahendra P
Joshi (ht 29/12/2022)
Citizenship
Bill may resurface as a major agenda in government
formation : For declining to authenticate the Bill
twice, President Bhandari was accused of failing to
uphold her constitutional duties, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 25/12/2022)
Single
Mothers and the Proposed Citizenship Bill, by Monal
Bhattarai (rep 21/10/2022)
Beyond
the bill: What lies behind the controversy on Nepal’s
citizenship legislation? Nepal appears to be mired in a
collision between the head of state and the government
as the former refused to sign the citizenship bill into
law on September 20, by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt
11/10/2022)
A
legion of safety concerns surrounds National ID scheme :
In order to avoid the bitter experience of India’s
controversial Aadhaar card, experts urge government to
invest in data security and public awareness, by
Anup Ojha (kp 23/09/2022)
Stateless
in Nepal : Politicisation of the citizenship bill has
deprived many of their fundamental rights, by Tufan
Neupane and Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/09/2022), [It
is not only the extreme politicisation of all spheres of
public life with which the so-called top politicians
have been ruining the state and society for years, it is
also the patriarchal thinking anchored in the
constitution and laws that denies women the right to
transfer their citizenship to their children.]
National
Assembly passes citizenship bill again, without changes
(rep 03/09/2022), Upper
House also passes citizenship bill as it is : President
has 15 days to give her assent to the bill, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2022)
Debate
on the citizenship bill: More political than juridical,
by Nishant Pokharel (ht 02/09/2022)
Citizenship
Bill : Maintain Gender Justice, Equality, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 31/08/2022)
Shun
Politics Over Citizenship Issue : The citizenship should
be a means of connecting citizens and mustering their
loyalty to the nation but it has unfortunately divided
the political spectrum, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
28/08/2022) [The Citizenship Act
divides Nepal's citizens into those with full rights
(males) and those with limited rights (females). It is
the prime example of discrimination against women in an
arch-patriarchal society!], NA
approves proposal on citizenship bill (rn
28/08/2022)
It
is hypocrisy to call Citizenship Bill anti-national:
Prachanda : Oli had refused to take the seven-year
provision proposal to the parliament (kh 24/08/2022)
[As a woman, you would see this
quite differently. Finally come down from your
patriarchal horse and treat women and men absolutely
equally!]
Decoding
the controversies over the flawed citizenship bill :
Without paying any heed to the call of the President for
review, the citizenship bill has again been passed by
the House of Representatives. Frankly, this smacks of
political hooliganism, by Bhagirath Basnet (nlt
22/08/2022)
The
bill that was and the bill this is: What did King
Birendra do with the bill to amend Citizenship Act 1964
that became a topic of discussion after President
Bhandari returned the bill to amend Citizenship Act
2006?, by Tika R Pradhan and Tufan Neupane (kp
19/08/2022) [Whatever is being
discussed now, the fundamental problem is the unequal
treatment of Nepali women and men based on
arch-patriarchal thinking. The very predominantly male
persons of the ruling elite do not want to change this
now either. Article 18 of the constitution, as the
overriding fundamental rights article, prohibits
precisely this unequal treatment, which is still
maintained. In other words, Nepal's citizenship law
continues to be blatantly unconstitutional. The current
discussion is pure palaver.]
1st
Amendment to Nepal's Citizenship Act May Lead to
Demographic Shift, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep
18/08/2022)
President
Bhandari returns citizenship bill to Parliament calling
for review : Head of state returns bill, endorsed by
both houses, listing concerns as she stresses swift
passage of citizenship law, by Tika R Pradhan and
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/08/2022), President's
letter over Citizenship Bill read out in
HoR (rep 16/08/2022),
Ruling
coalition decides to send the Citizenship Bill to the
President as it is (kh 16/08/2022) [In
any case, the patriarchal thinking enshrined in
citizenship law lives on and is against the
constitution, irrespective of the President's
intentions!], Stateless
youths protest against President’s move of returning
citizenship bill to Lower House : President Bhandari
returned the citizenship bill to the House on August 15
attaching 15 concerns and suggestions for review (kp
17/08/2022)
Dailekh
resident having derogatory name on citizenship submits
application to change name (kh 09/08/2022)
Five
non-resident Nepalis abandon Nepali citizenship (kh
07/08/2022)
Nepal’s
phallocentric worldview on citizenship : The
phallocentric world view that has seeped into the power
structures of Nepal for generations explains why the
citizenship bill has a provision requiring a Nepali
mother to prove that the phallus is a Nepali, by
Mukesh Baral (nlt 06/08/2022)
History,
memory and identity : There is nothing like a theatrical
performance to capture the absurdities of a complex life,
by CK Lal (kp 03/08/2022)
Play
shown on citizenship issues in Nepal (ht 01/08/2022)
Are
women not Nepali enough?, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
29/07/2022) [see chart
by Subin Mulmi (Twitter 24/07/2022)]
Everything
you need to know about new amendment to the Citizenship
Act : Amendment opens the door for thousands of children
of parents who got citizenship by birth to acquire
citizenship by descent; non-resident Nepalis are also
eligible for citizenship, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/07/2022) [A step yes, but
still stuck in patriarchal thinking!], The
bill to amend Nepal’s Citizenship Act faces public
backlash yet again. Here is why : Instead of allowing
members of the concerned parliamentary committee to have
comprehensive discussions, the ruling coalition chose to
pass the bill through a fast-track method (nlt
28/07/2022)
House
endorses bill to amend Citizenship Act : Once the bill
gets through upper house, children of parents who got
citizenship by birth will get citizenship by descent,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/07/2022), Citizenship
Bill is not in citizen’s interest: UML leader Gyawali
(kh 23/07/2022) [Only male
Tagadharis decide who, when and in what form is
recognised as a Nepali citizen. Absolutely equal rights
for women and men are out of the question! Citizenship
is defined by the birth status of men. Women are only
minor accessories!], Lower
House fast tracks citizenship bill : Foreign women
marrying Nepalis will not have to wait to obtain
matrimonial naturalisation (ht 23/07/2022) [But
citizenship continues to be based exclusively on the
birth status of men, not women, who continue to be
denied the same basic rights as men!], NRNA
welcomes the endorsement of Citizenship Bill (kh
24/07/2022), Newly
passed citizenship bill resolves myriad problems (ht
24/07/2022), Upper
House approves proposal on Nepal Citizenship Bill
(rep 25/07/2022), National
Assembly passes first amendment to Citizenship Act :
Revision clears the path to citizenship by descent for
children born to Nepali parents with citizenship by
birth (kp 29/07/2022)
'Give
citizenship to foreigners married to Nepalis only if
they pass language and culture test' (rep
22/07/2022) [Knowledge of Nepali
languages, cultures and history should be an important
prerequisite. But Prem Suwal should please prove that he
has been able to speak and understand languages such as
Limbu, Sherpa and Gurung languages, to name a few, for
at least 20 years. These are also an essential part of
Nepali culture! If he only speaks Nepali and has no idea
about the numerous ethnic cultures of the country, he
should urgently resign as an MP!], House
of Representatives endorses Citizenship Bill (nlt
22/07/2022)
'Eligible
people deprived of Nepali citizenship' (ht
15/07/2022)
New
citizenship bill does away with 7 years wait (ht
10/07/2022) [Nepal's patriarchal
high caste politicians simply do not want to understand
that all people in Nepal are entitled to equal
citizenship rights regardless of their gender. The
country does not belong to men, but to all citizens!],
Govt
registers Citizenship Bill in Parliament : Home Minister
and Law Minister in a rush seeking consensus (kh
11/07/2022)
Nepal
among countries with gender discriminatory nationality
laws (ht 08/07/2022) [see corresponding report
by Equality Now and Index
of related laws (Nepal pp. 63-63)]
Parliamentarians
rue over withdrawal of Citizenship related Bill (kh
08/07/2022)
Government
decides to withdraw citizenship bill : To register a new
bill by removing some ‘controversial’ provisions in the
existing draft, a minister says (kp 05/07/2022), New
citizenship bill : Inability to solve the citizenship
problem is pushing more and more people into
statelessness (ht 07/07/2022) [The
cause is the patriarchal, high-caste machos at the top
of the state and political parties, who see only males
as the owners of the country and refuse full equality
for all genders!]
Patriarchy
blamed for suffering of mothers, kids (ht
18/06/2022)
NRNA
submits memo to Minister Paudel (rep 27/05/2022)
It
is govt responsibility to grant citizenship to people:
JSP Chairman Yadav (rep 27/03/2022)
SC
hearing on Citizenship Ordinance scheduled for Wednesday
(kh 16/03/2022)
Getting
passports is becoming too arduous a task for many : The
Department of Passports in Kathmandu is overwhelmed as
service seekers from across the country come to the
Capital, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/03/2022)
Initiative
to conclude citizenship Act amendment with consensus:
Minister Khand (kh 10/03/2022) [After
all, the citizenship law must not contradict the
corresponding regulations of the constitution. And even
its rules on citizenship are extremely discriminatory,
especially for women.]
Forgotten
children : Woes of migrant women, by Mausam Shah
Nepali (ht 09/03/2022), Forgotten
children : A solution must be found to the stateless
children, whose problems will only compound as they grow
up (ht 10/03/2022)
Home
Minister Khand takes initiative to forge deal on
citizenship bill (kh 08/03/2022) [Completely
turning away from male bias?]
Women
lawmakers ask Home Minister to address issues of
citizenship, visit visa (rep 07/03/2022)
DoP
personalised 6,806,913 MRPs till last fiscal (ht
21/01/2022)
Details
of more missing passports registered in database (ht
20/01/2022)
Children
without father or born through second marriages deprived
of birth registration : Many children are stateless as
they are unable to get citizenship certificates due to
lack of birth registration documents issued by ward
office, by Amrita Anmol (kp 18/01/2022) [How
can a state that calls itself a democratic
constitutional state deny citizenship to children
because their parents were not legally married to each
other? This is a serious violation of international law!]
Nepal
ranks 7th in list of world's weakest passports, Japan
and Singapore’s passports strongest (rep 12/01/2022)
Distribution
of e-passports starts from today in Bhaktapur (rep
08/12/2021)
Lawmakers
urged to pass new citizenship bill (ht 16/11/2021),
Citizenship
issue : Inability to solve the citizenship issue is only
adding more and more people to the number of stateless
persons year after year (ht 17/11/2021)
E-passports
to be issued from November 17 (kh 15/11/2021), Nepal
to start issuing e-passports from today : Experts hope
this will stop passport forgery and diplomatic passport
misuse, by Anil Giri (kp 17/11/2021), Two
weeks after launching e-passport, government goes on
issuing machine-readable ones : With districts
‘temporarily’ halting applications, people crowd the
Passport Department, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/11/2021)
Rights
activists urge Parliament to pass citizenship bill
(ht 11/11/2021)
Non-Nepali
children of Nepali parents demand rights (ht
26/10/2021)
Having
a Nepali passport is no fun : Every visa in a Nepali’s
travel document hides hours of paperwork filled with
anxiety and anticipation, by Anjali Rajbhandy (nt
01/10/2021)
Hearing
on writ against the citizenship ordinance postponed
(kh 29/09/2021)
No
citizenship, no job : Young Madhesis have been deprived
of numerous opportunities as they can’t apply for
citizenship. They can’t even go abroad for work, by
Jitendra Narayan Thakur (ae 02/09/2021)
She
wrestled for the nation, but is deprived of citizenship
card : There is no provision for issuing a citizenship
in the name of mother (ht 23/08/2021) [Nepal's
high-caste patriarchal machos at the top of the state
consider the land their property; women are only
tolerated!]
Lawmakers
press for passage of citizenship bill (ht
28/07/2021)
Denial
of citizenship due to lack of relevant law affects
thousands (ht 22/07/2021)
Lawyers
express doubt over implementation of citizenship
ordinance (ht 10/06/2021), Supreme
Court issues interim order not to implement citizenship
ordinance (kh 10/06/2021), Supreme
Court orders government not to enforce citizenship
ordinance : Constitutional Bench says legal
complications could arise if the ordinance fails to get
through Parliament, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
11/06/2021)[Extreme
complications and costs will also arise if the Supreme
Court declares the renewed dissolution of parliament and
cabinet reshuffle by caretaker Prime Minister Oli
unconstitutional, which is to be expected given the
clear wording of the constitution!], SC stays
citizenship ordinance, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
11/06/2021() [Because of the
Hindu thinking of the ruling elite, women continue to be
discriminated against. If children of Nepali women with
foreign men do not have an unrestricted right to
citizenship, then according to Article 18 of the
Constitution this also applies to children of Nepali men
and foreign women! However, neither is right!], Stateless
in their own country : The ordinance gave thousands of
Nepalis who have no citizenship hope that they could
perhaps finally get one. But with the Supreme Court
declaring it void, that hope has been lost for now,
by Raksha Ram Harijan (rec 11/06/2021) [Oli didn't want this change either,
he only initiated it now for political reasons because
he wanted to get supporters from the Tarai with it!],
Apex
court's stay on citizenship ordinance raises questions
(ht 12/06/2021)
Prez
Bhandari issues ordinance on citizenship (rep
23/05/2021) [In order to manipulate the JSP!], President
issues Citizenship Ordinance : The ordinance
addresses concerns of Madhes-centric parties (kh
23/05/2021), Oli
attempts to use citizenship ordinance for his political
gains : Timing raises questions over intentions as bill
had been pending in Parliament for years, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 24/05/2021), Attorney
General Badal addresses concerns on citizenship
ordinance (kh 24/05/2021)
Citizen
engagement in public finance management in Nepal, by
Taranath Dahal (rep 22/04/2021)
Discriminatory
citizenship laws continue to disenfranchise Nepalis :
Despite constitutional provisions, inaction on
supporting laws has meant that individuals are routinely
denied citizenship through their mothers, by Bimita
GC (Record 16/04/2021) [Thanks
to Oli and all the other patriarchal so-called leaders!]
Data
collection for national ID card distribution hits snag :
Against the target to collect the details of 10 million
people, the government may only be able to collect the
details of 4.4.5 million people because of Covid-19
scare, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/03/2021) [And
what about the millions of Nepalis who are denied
citizenship because they do not fit into the male
Bahuns' concept of national identity?]
Musahars
deprived of land for lack of citizenship (ht
17/03/2021)
Political
siblings beyond borders : Human rights advocacy and
supremacist jingoism do not go together, by CK Lal
(kp 17/03/2021)
Many
Nepalis deprived of citizenship certificate (ht
07/03/2021)
Why
women should be given equal rights in citizenship :
Nepal’s sovereignty will be stronger if we empower our
women and children and weaker if we disenfranchise the
children of Nepali mothers. A nation that treats its
citizens unequally is doomed from within, by Riti
Prasai (rep 09/02/2021)
Proposed
amendment on visit visa law is deeply flawed, by
Karan Kunwar and Indu Dhungana (rep 03/01/2021)
Nepal
waits for an unequal Citizenship Law : An international
policy perspective on gender-based discrimination in the
country’s citizenship Law, by Ajay Pradhan (nt
19/12/2020)
Nearly
four lakh MRTDs personalised last fiscal (ht
07/12/2020)
Over
100 years of life without citizenship certificate
(rep 07/12/2020)
Denied
citizenship, stateless Nepal residents recount tales of
woe (ht 09/11/2020), Pass
bill soon : The failure to enact a new law should not be
a reason for depriving so many citizens of their
inherent right (ht 10/11/2020)
Government
preparing to invite bids for supply of national ID :
Although plans to collect details of citizens have hit a
snag, officials still plan to issue cards to those whose
details have already been collected, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 31/10/2020)
6.3
million Nepalis without citizenship (kh 05/10/2020)
[A consequence of the narrow
minded patriarchal Hindu thinking of Nepal's top Bahun
politicians!!!], NRNA
Europe Meeting urges parliament for prompt passage of
law on Nepali citizenship (kh 05/10/2020)
Plan
to collect details of 10m people for National ID card
affected by pandemic : Officials now hope to take the
programme to sparsely populated areas in view of the
health crisis in major cities, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/10/2020)
Passports
department proposes a third bid for e-passports :
Officials warn of a passport shortage with the stock
likely to last just a few months, by Anil Giri (kp
15/09/2020)
Government
urged to guarantee citizenship rights of minorities
(ht 08/08/2020)
Four
international firms in fray for multi-million-dollar
e-passport bid: The plan to print the passports at home
hit a roadblock after Gokul Prasad Baskota, a minister
in the Oli Cabinet, was caught on tape negotiating a Rs
700 million 'commission', by Anil Giri (kp
01/08/2020)
Women
rights organisations urge Human Rights Council to take
up issue of women’s equality in citizenship rights:
National Women Coalition has called for a revision in
the constitution to redress discriminatory citizenship
law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/07/2020), Institutionalising
discrimination: A society that treats its sons and
daughters differently will never achieve prosperity,
by Bina Jha (kp 12/07/2020)
Imagining
a motherland: Gender and nationalism; The boundaries set
by the nation, state, families and societies often do
not allow a woman to become a citizen. This leads to
women not becoming the part of the nation but just a
national embodiment, by Swasti Gautam (rep
09/07/2020)
‘Citizenship
bill not inclusive’ (ht 02/07/2020), Patriarchy
and citizenship: Conspiracy theories flowed seamlessly
from Panchayat-era scholars to politicians, by
Pramod Mishra (kp 03/07/2020)
Protests
flare up in Province 2 against citizenship amendment
bill: Janata Samajbadi leaders warn of intensifying
their protests if the bill is not withdrawn (kp
01/07/2020)
Congress
to stand against seven-year provision for naturalised
citizenship, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/07/2020) [The NC should do more to combat the
fundamental unequal treatment of women in Nepalese
citizenship law. But the party does not do this, because
its leaders are similarly patriarchal and
backward-looking as the politicians of all parties in
the country!]
What
defines a Nepali citizen? Nepal needs to understand the
realities of the 21st century. It needs to move forward,
not backward, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 30/06/2020)
Madhesis
are angry, worried and misinformed about the citizenship
law, by Jivesh Jha (rep 30/06/2020) [The
authos obviously does not understand that the real
problem is the unequal treatment of Nepali women and
men!]
What
on earth do we want on citizenship? There is a lot of
whining and crying, lot of ifs and buts, unleashing of
hate against political leaders, nation and nationalism
but there is no solution, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
22/06/2020), Becoming
citizens: We need to go beyond the spatio-temporal
debate on citizenship and ask whether its ideals are
being fulfilled (kp 23/06/2020) [The
question is not how many years foreign women married to
Nepali men have tom wait to obtain Nepali citizenhip.
The problem is the continued unequal status and
treatment of Nepali women as it has been decided by a
handful of male Bahuns and some male Chhetris for
centuries!!!]
NCP
decides to make foreign women married to Nepali
nationals wait for 7 years after marriage to acquire
citizenship (rep 20/06/2020) [Any
unequal treatment of women and men is a blatant
violation of the principle of equality of the
Constitution and internationally recognised human
rights. The male Tagdhari, who dominate Nepal, show here
their archaic-patriarchal way of thinking, which denies
Nepalese women a free choice of partner and life style.
Only foreign wives of Nepalese men are entitled to
naturalization, whenever, but never the foreign husbands
of Nepalese women!]
Two
years on, parties are still undecided on naturalised
citizenship: State Affairs and Good Governance Committee
has given five days to the parties to arrive at
consensus or go for a vote, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/06/2020), As
parties wrestle over naturalized citizenship, thousands
don't yet have the document (repn 19/06/2020)
Ordinary
citizens won’t be be issued passports from today: The
service has been suspended following a request from the
Ministry of Home Affairs, officials said, by Anil
Giri (kp 17/06/2020)
Endorse
Citizenship Amendment Bill: MPs (ht 13/03/2020)
Department
calls global tender for e-passports, again: Ordinary
passport’s cover to be chocolate-brown in colour, by
Anil Giri /kp 03/03/2020)
2.5
million MRP booklets contract going to French firm
without bids: Yeti Holdings is local agent, by Sunil
Sapkota (rep 23/02/2020)
Nepal
faces looming passport and excise sticker shortage:
There is a stock of 570,000 ordinary passports, enough
to last nine months, according to the Department of
Passports, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/01/2020)
Security
printing press proposals from Germany and France were
immature and incomplete, House committee concludes:
Parliamentary Accounts Committee wants the government to
either invite a fresh global bidding or revisit the
proposals, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2020)
Nepal’s
passport is among the weakest in the world—weaker than
North Korea’s: The dismal state of the Nepali passport
can largely be attributed to Nepalis hiding out
illegally in foreign countries while on temporary visas,
say officials, by Anil Giri (kp 14/01/2020)
As
passports start running out, complaint in House
committee complicates matters: Complainant tells the
Public Accounts Committee that Nepal does not need an
expensive security printing press, putting a hold on the
procurement process, by Anil Giri (kp 06/01/2020)
Occupy
Tundikhel Campaign: Campaigners organise story telling
session (ht 22/12/2019)
Negotiations
begin with Germany and France for setting up security
printing press: With less than 700,000 copies of
passports in stock, the government is in a hurry to
reach a deal at the earliest, by Anil Giri (kp
12/12/2019)
Government
anxious to find new vendor as passport numbers dwindle:
After cancelling a previous bids, the government will
now either call for expressions of interest from foreign
firms or an entirely new global tender, by Anil Gii
(kp 28/11/2019)
Dalit
family struggles to obtain citizenship (ht
21/11/2019)
As
passport crisis looms, government scrambles to negotiate
deal for secure printing press: With Malaysia and Japan
opening up to Nepali workers, the current stock of
passports is likely to last only six months, officials
say, by Anil Giri (kp 18/11/2019), Nepal’s
decision to scrap security printing tenders will have
major repercussions: The government needs to explain why
it thinks an expensive and opaque
government-to-government deal is better (kp
19/11/2019)
Department
of Passports cancels e-passport bid hours before the end
of tender deadline: The bidding process was annulled
after the direct intervention of Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli, officials say, by Anil Giri (kp
09/11/2019), After
aborting passport tender, government to sign security
printing deal with French firm: In what is set to be the
biggest deal signed by the KP Sharma Oli administration,
the French government will be providing a soft loan of
200 million euros, by Anil Giri (kp 13/11/2019)
Mass
printer starts printing smart driving licences after
overcoming technical glitches: More than 600,000
applicants are waiting for smart driving licences,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/11/2019)
Department
of Passports once again extends e-passport bid deadline
by a week: Such constant changes to the bid documents
will erode Nepal’s credibility, say officials who are
displeased with the government’s process regarding the
passport tender, by Anil Giri (kp 31/10/2019)
Nepalis
are flocking to make passports after US makes it
mandatory for Diversity Visa application: The Department
of Passports is printing roughly 4,000 passports every
day now, compared to around 900 earlier, officials say,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/10/2019)
Department
of Passports modifies tender for e-passports after
reservations from Asian bidders: New amendments to the
tender have reduced requirements regarding past
experience in printing passports so as to create a more
level playing field, by Anil Giri (kp 05/10/2019)
Around
1,600 children deprived of citizenship: Lack of
citizenship certificates has put the lives of many
youths on hold in Nawalparasi (West), by Nabin
Paudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Asian
firms oppose e-passport bid process, saying conditions
favour American and European companies: One requirement
states that only companies that have already printed
over five million passports in at least three countries
over the last 10 years are eligible for bidding, by
Anil Giri (kp 16/09/2019), French
firm and embassy express displeasure over Nepal
government's call for passport tender
The French Embassy in Kathmandu has written two letters
to the government over the call for tenders despite an
agreement with France, by Anil Giri (kp 18/09/2019)
Women's
battle for citizenship continues: The new proposals
regarding the Citizenship Amendment Bill still treat
women as second-class citizens (kp 16/09/2019)
Citizenship
debate has reached another low, rights activists say:
New provisions in the citizenship amendment bill could
further limit equal citizenship rights for women, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 12/09/2019),
Lawmakers
continue to debate marital naturalisation in Parliament
(ht 12/09/2019) [Women and men
should be legally treated absolutely equally, regardless
of whether they are foreigners or not! Nepal is not the
property of men!], Panel
to decide on naturalised citizenship (ht
13/09/2019), Government
proposes national identity cards to end contention over
naturalised citizenship: Ruling party backs the proposal
to issue ID cards until citizenship is granted, but the
opposition Nepali Congress has sought time to reach a
decision, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/09/2019), Govt
floats options on naturalised citizenship, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/09/2019), Panel
set to include 7-year threshold for naturalization of
foreign brides (rep 14/09/2019), Ruling
party’s indecision delays finalisation of the bill to
amend Citizenship Act: Cross-party top leadership will
discuss the matter with an aim to find a solution,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/09/2019)
Ongoing
Parliament session unlikely to pass citizenship bill,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 10/09/2019)
Citizenship
amendment bill: Panel member objects to report’s
provision, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 04/09/2019)
Global
tender called for 5 million e-passports: Department of
Passports plans to issue biometric electronic passports
by the end of 2020, by Anil Giri (kp 31/08/2019)
Naturalised
citizenship: ‘Law for foreign women married to Nepali
men shouldn’t end’ (ht 29/08/2019) [Okay,
but most important is that there ist absolutely no
difference between the legal tratment of women and men!
The current citizensip law clearly violates the
fundamental rights of the Nepali citizens!], Initiative
from speaker urged to pass bill (ht 30/08/2019)
Bill
related to national ID card endorsed (ht
28/08/2019), Decks
cleared for NIC: Chances of obtaining fake citizenship
papers will lessen once the NIC comes into full
operation within three years (ht 29/08/2019)
End
gender discrimination in citizenship bill: NHRC (ht
24/08/2019)
National
ID card to include biometric information: Foreigners and
NRNs to get only ID card , by Jagdishor Panday (ht
16/08/2019), Bill
proposes including iris data on national ID card: About
117,000 cards already distributed will need updating,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 16/08/2019)
Citizenship
based on fake documents scrapped in Jajarkot (kp
15/08/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers demand halt to National ID card distribution:
At the parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance
Committee, lawmakers question the government why the
cards were issued when the bill regarding the same is
being discussed at the federal parliament, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 10/08/2019)
Rajendra
Mahato slams govt for giving false impression of his
citizenship being revoked, by Rajendra Mahato (ht
06/08/2019)
Citizenship
bill stuck in SAGGC, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
04/08/2019)
With
parties still divided on Citizenship Amendment Bill,
parliamentary sub-committee fails to make headway: The
primary bone of contention remains the provision related
to obtaining naturalised citizenship through
marriage, by Tsering D. Gurung (kp 06/07/2019) [The main problem is the male
superiority delusion of the patriarchal high-caste
political elite and their misguided national identity
thinking!]
‘Unfair
citizenship laws put children at risk of becoming
stateless’ (ht 29/06/2019)
Citizens’
enrolment for national identity cards to start next
month (ht 21/06/2019)
After
a long wait, nomadic Rautes finally getting citizenship,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 18/06/2019), Nomadic
Rautes to get citizenship cards (rep 20/06/2019)
1,358
get citizenship from mobile camps (ht 15/06/2019)
On
sex and citizenship: The debate on citizenship goes from
nationalist rhetoric to plain misogyny, by Subina
Shrestha (kp 14/06/2019)
Senior
citizens in rural areas deprived of citizenship
certificate: Without citizenship, people are denied job
opportunities and social security allowances, by
Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 14/06/2019)
Govt
told to issue citizenship by descent to Birgunj denizen
(ht 08/06/2019)
State
and Citizenship: The geographical location of Nepal
between two emerging superpowers has been used as an
excuse to deny women the rights they deserve as equal
citizens of Nepal, by Swati Gautam (rep 30/05/2019)
Kaski
DAO issues citizenship through mother’s nationality
(ht 26/05/2019) [The has to be
normal everywhere in the country!!]
Supreme
Court overturns own decision on Home Ministry’s
citizenship notice: Thousands of people continue to be
in limbo until the full court decides the case, by
Bhrikuti Rai(kp 08/05/2019), SC
stays citizenship distribution (rep 08/05/2019), ‘Apex
court creating confusion on citizenship circular’:
Divergent decisions can erode credibility of the
judiciary: Province 2 chief attorney (ht 11/05/2019)
People
deprived of citizenship (ht 02/05/2019)
Resolve
the citizenship dispute (kp 02/05/2019)
Arrest
warrants
issued against nine people for abetting Indian
national’s bid to acquire Nepali citizenship: Ward
chairman and ward secretary among those implicated,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 01/05/2019)
Party
proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses seeking
citizenship (rep 01/05/2019)
They
are citizens too: Nepali mothers should be able to pass
citizenship on to their children via their name, by
Pratik Gurung (kp 30/04/2019)
A
viral video sparks a social media conversation about
misinformation, and identity, by Tsering D Gurung
(kp 30/04/2019) [on a video in
the Internet which spreads hatred and false information
and criticises even minimal changes to the still
extremely discriminatory citizenship law]
Home
ministry’s circular on citizenship protested (ht
30/04/2019)
Citizenship
bar for children of ‘1997 citizens’: SC rules it out for
children of those who became citizens by birth in 1997,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 27/04/2019)
Sarlahi
district office overwhelmed with applications for
citizenship by descent, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp
24/04/2019)
Democratic
Citizenship, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn 23/04/2019)
Musahar
people deprived of citizenship certificates, by
Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 20/04/2019)
Gumba
residents deprived of citizenship certificate (kp
19/04/2019)
People
queue up for citizenship cards (ht 19/04/2019)
Family
denied relief for lack of citizenship: None of the
family members of the deceased has Nepali citizenship
certificate, by Shankar Acharya (kp 13/04/2019)
Meet
NCP lawmaker whose kin are stateless, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 13/04/2019)
Citizenship
relief
for children of citizens by birth: District
administrative offices told to grant them citizenship by
descent, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 04/04/2019) [The
cheering can only come from male persons! Concerning the
right to citizenship through the mother everything
remains unchanged! Women continue to be treated as
unequal and inferior persons! Long live the patriarchal
state of Nepal!!], Supreme
Court stays govt circular allowing citizenship by
descent (ht 09/04/2019) [The
circular upholds the inequality of women either!],
‘Offsprings
of citizens by birth entitled to citizenship by descent’
(ht 12/04/2019) [But still with
patriarchal bias!], Supreme
Court upholds Home Ministry’s decision to grant
citizenship by descent, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
17/04/2019)
Is
Nepal’s
progressive trans rights movement bracing for a setback?
LGBTIQ community expresses reservations about provisions
in the citizenship bill which, according to them, can
result in further discrimination against sexual
minorities, by Asmita Manandhar (kp 31/03/2019)
‘We
represent diversity’: Chauvinists can learn from the New
Zealand prime minister and change their way, by
Pramod Mishra (kp 28/03/2019), Rage
and
reason: We need to bring around every actor from the
plains as well as the hills to agree on some basic
fundamentals of citizenship. Otherwise, citizenship
debate will prolong indefinitely, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep 28/03/2019) [There is only
one solution: Make it equal without any patriarchal
fantacies based on gender, ethnicity and region!]
22.15
million citizenship certificates distributed so far:
Home ministry (rep 27/03/2019)
His
mother
is a Nepali.He has been refused citizenship for 10
years: Between 2009 and 2017, Nepal has issued 13
naturalised citizenships to those born to a Nepali
mother and a foreign father. Many are waiting, hoping to
be the next, by Tsering D Gurung (kp 25/03/2019)
On
the
wrong side of history: Defending unequal citizenship
rights is defending the Khas-Arya man’s status, not the
state sovereignty, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
22/03/2019)
Citizenship
bill
clause on sex change certification alarms LGBT
community: Sexual minorities fear losing hard won
victories if officials approve amendment demanding
a ‘proof’ of sex change in the citizenship bill, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 18/03/2019), Right
to choose: A citizenship amendment that demands proof of
gender reassignment is unfair to the trans community
(kp 19/03/2019), Allow
self-declaration (ht 21/03/2019)
Debate
on
women’s citizenship rights rages as House takes up
amendment bill: Activists say lawmakers’ reluctance to
grant equal citizenship rights to women is reflective of
the deep-rooted patriarchal beliefs in society, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 08/03/2019), Women
are being denied equal rights in the name of national
security and sovereignty: Binda Pandey (kp
08/03/2019) (interview)
Oli,
Dahal initiate process of building consensus on
citizenship bill, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 26/02/2019)
[Women and men as well as their
descendants must be treated equal in each an every
respect!]
Citizenship
bill stuck in House panel‘: Some more discussions
needed before bill is sent to HoR’, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 24/02/2019)
They
have
a home. They don’t have a country: In a tiny village in
western Nepal, arcane laws and government bureaucracy
have left families without citizenship and pushed them
further into poverty, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
09/02/2019)
Youth
denied citizenship despite SC order (ht 05/02/2019)
No
NRN citizenships through Nepali missions abroad (rep
05/02/2019)
Nepal
Citizenship bill: Female lawmakers decry unequal
provisions, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 30/01/2019), Nepal
Citizenship Bill faces hurdles to passage in HoR, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 31/01/2019), Contentious
issues of citizenship bill discussed in House committee,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/02/2019)
Discussion
begins on Citizenship Act (kp 25/01/2019)
SAGGC
for political consensus on citizenship,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht
13/01/2019)
Address
our concerns in citizenship bill: NRN (ht
28/12/2018)
58
lakh citizens to get national ID cards (ht
25/12/2018)
Police
bust fake citizenship racket in Dhanusha: Seven
including four DAO officials arrested, vy Suresh
Yadav (rep 17/12/2018)
Call
to amend citizenship provisions (ht 10/12/2018)
House
committee seeks details of citizenships by birth issued
post-2007 (rep 08/12/2018)
Seven
Indians use fake details to get citizenship, by
Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 06/12/2018)
Cross-border
children in citizenship logjam, by Karishma
Chaudhary (kp 04/12/2018)
‘Foreign’
citizens
may affect security: Thapa; Defending the proposal to
amend Citizenship Act-2006, the home minister claims
that a large number of non-nationals have got
Nepali citizenship, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
19/11/2018) [The problem is
Nepal's definition of "national", especially the
discrimination against women, ethnic and regional
groups!]
Woman
may lose citizenship taken after her marriage with
Indian national, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp
16/11/2018)
'Citizenship
for sale': Criminals can buy Nepali citizenship while
genuine people are deprived of the document, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 11/11/2018)
Elderly
hopeful of allowance after getting citizenship (rep
04/11/2018)
NCP
MPs for political rights to NRNs; Demand goes against
constitutional spirit: Nembang, by Ashok Dahal (rep
02/11/2018)
Majority
of Susta residents do not have citizenship (kp
25/09/2018)
Locals
elated after receiving citizenship at their doorsteps,
by Mohan Gurung (rep 25/09/2018)
Manohara
squatters demand citizenship (ht 22/09/2018)
Citizenship
bill
unlikely to be passed this session: Parliament passed 15
bills related to fundamental rights on Sunday, but
stateless people will not be able to enjoy the
fundamental rights, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
18/09/2018)
Students
deprived of higher education due to lack of citizenship
(rep 15/09/2018)
They
are citizens too: Gender equality was sacrificed in the
name of preserving social and cultural values, by
Bharati Silawal Giri (kp 14/09/2018)
Citizenship
Bill stricter than charter: Karna (ht 23/08/2018) [There must not be any different
treatment between foreign wives of Nepali men and
foreign husbands of Nepali women! Everything else is
male delusion!]
Children
of citizens by birth denied citizenship share their
plight (ht 23/08/2018)
End
inequalities:
Children of Nepali women, irrespective of who she is
married to, should unquestionably be entitled to
citizenship by descent (ht 20/08/2018)
Nepal’s
suffragette moment, by Om Astha Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Bill
to amend citizenship act: Ruling party lawmakers object
tweaks to law, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/08/2018) [The male Tagadhari politicians will
take care that women will never be equal to men!],
‘Citizenship
bill discriminates against women’, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 15/08/2018), Women
rights activists hit streets against
'discriminatory'provision in citizenship bill (rep
18/08/2018), Amendments
registered to citizenship bill, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 18/08/2018)
Good
news for NRNs, kids of citizens by birth: Govt to amend
citizenship act (ht 09/08/2018)
Province
2 govt asked to wait until Citizenship Act amended
(rep 07/08/2018)
Saptari DAO involved in fake citizenship racket: Police
probe, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 07/06/2018)
Obtaining
citizenship in mother's name no more a challenge in
Myagdi, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 03/06/2018)
Lawmakers
raise
Madhesis’ concern about citizenship denial in House: Say
statelessness hits their studies, chances of getting
jobs (ht 19/05/2018)
Police
probe citizenship fraud by Indian man, by Abadhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 02/05/2018)
Left
alliance, government differ on NIC distribution, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 26/04/2018)
‘5.4
million people stateless in Nepal’ (ht 22/04/2018),
‘Over
5
million people without citizenship’: Laws governing
citizenship discriminated by gender among factors
contributing to statelessness (kp 26/04/2018)
Call
to book 450 people for taking citizenship with fake
documents, by Kamal Panthi (kp 18/04/2018)
‘Over
30 Bhutanese nationals obtained Nepali citizenship,
by Shiva Puri (kp 15/04/2018)
An
unresolved agenda: Current lawmakers have the
opportunity to end the discrimination faced by women on
citizenship rights, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
20/03/2018)
Active
Citizenship in Democracy, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
13/03/2018)
Citizenship
a far cry for most Madhesi daughters-in-law (rep
06/03/2018)
Indian
wives of Madhes: Biased citizenship laws have been
created to promote ethnic homogeneity in Nepal, by
Kalpana Jha (kp 22/02/2018)
Fake
citizenship rackets thrive in Tarai, by Jeetendra
Kumar Jha (rep 21/02/2018)
Grant
citizenship through mother’s nationality: NHRC (ht
15/02/2018)
Quest
for citizenship hits District Office hurdle, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 11/02/2018)
Supreme
Court issues show cause notice in favour of petitioner
in citizenship case (ht 10/02/2018)
Citizenship
with fake papers: Ward chief among 5 people under probe
for forgery, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 19/01/2018)
Villagers
deprived of state facilities (ht 01/01/2018)
Photo
expo on Nepalis sans citizenship (ht 24/10/2017)
Probe
into citizenships provided to non-Nepalis getting
nowhere, by Kiranman Bajracharya (rep 12/10/2017)
Musahars
ask for citizenship with candidates seeking votes,
by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 14/09/2017)
Interim
order against IoE, TU (ht 22/08/2017) [continued
discrimination on the basis of gender and citizenship!]
Barrier
to gender equality: Eliminating citizenship
discrimination in Nepal is essential, by Wendy Yu
(kp 20/08/2017)
Citizenship
cards distributed at people’s doorsteps (ht
13/08/2017)
Denial
of citizenship top complaint at home ministry (ht
06/08/2017)
EC’s
voter registration boosts citizenship applicant numbers,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 03/08/2017)
Children
of Nepali citizens by birth still being denied
citizenship for lack of laws (ht 01/08/2017)
Tikapur
sees rise in number of people seeking citizenship
certificates, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 26/07/2017)
National
ID
card will be gender inclusive, says Minister Sharma
(kp 25/07/2017)
EC
for
distributing citizenship along with voter registration,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/12/2016)
Citizenship
provision:
Constitution is already discriminatory, but with this
amendment, it will also become patriarchal, by Subin
Mulmi (kp 13/12/2016)
Citizenship
and
naturalisation: Madhesis do not want provisions that
might compromise their relations with people across the
border, by Praveen Kumar Yadav (kp 29/11/2016)
Don’t
discriminate
against naturalised citizens, says Yadav (ht
22/11/2016)
‘Naturalised
citizens
cannot be allowed to hold key constitutional posts’
(ht 20/11/2016) [Okay, but then treat children of both Nepali men
or Nepali women, who are married to foreigners, equal!!],
Govt
planning
to bring constitution amendment bill next week (ht),
Panel
fails
to send Parbat restructuring report (kp 20/11/2016)
No
solution in sight: The argument that naturalized
citizens by marriage be treated as ‘special’ is fraught
as we are dealing with people of two different countries,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep17/11/2016) [??
The problem is the continued different treatment of two
genders,
men and women by the
constitution!!]
All
citizens
should have equal rights, says TMDP leader Lal (ht),
Clinging
to
creed: A diverse country cannot live in peace and
harmony by making one religion constitutionally superior
to another, by Pramod Mishra (kp 10/11/2016)
Morcha
leaders
clear air on naturalised citizenship: Blame major
parties for ‘uncalled for controversy’, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 09/11/2016), Ripples
Of Naturalised Citizenship Issue, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 09/11/2016)
Citizenship
issue
tough nut to crack: According to the new
constitution, only citizens by descent can hold the
constitutional positions (kp 08/11/2016), NC
not
for retaining interim statute provisions: Shekhar; Says
a majority of leaders are against naturalised citizens
holding key posts, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 08/11/2016)
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