The controversial Citizenship Bill has been passed by President Paudel. Controversy has increased between the political parties because the bill returned by the former president was passed by bypassing the parliament. UML has said that it is not natural for the bill to be passed in violation of parliamentary dignity during the Prime Minister’s visit to India by including outdated and erroneous provision.

According to the Citizenship Bill passed by President Paudel, the children of the first born will get the citizenship of the descendants.

In the same way, the bill also includes provisions for citizenship in the mother’s name after self-declaration and for non-resident Nepalese to obtain citizenship.

With the approval of this bill, now the children of the birth parents will get the citizenship of the descendants. Now, a person who was born in Nepal to a Nepali mother and settled here, but whose father is not identified, will get citizenship under mother’s name if he declared.

The bill also provides for foreign women who marry Nepali men to get naturalized citizenship immediately.

In the same way, the path has been opened for non-resident Nepalese to get citizenship, so that they can exercise rights other than political and administrative.

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