Kathmandu: The Citizenship Act 2063 Amendment Bill returned with a message from President Bidya Devi Bhandari that has been passed by the House of Representatives. In the division of votes held today, 135 votes were cast in favor of the proposal that the Citizenship Bill be passed in the form (proposed form) sent back by the President. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota informed that 60 votes were cast against the proposal.
During the voting, 195 MPs attended the meeting. The Citizenship Bill was discussed in the House of Representatives meeting throughout the day on Thursday. In the discussion, the MPs of the party belonging to the ruling coalition expressed the opinion that the citizenship bill should be passed immediately because the children of Nepali citizens who have Nepali citizenship by birth cannot get citizenship. Some MPs from the ruling party were also of the opinion that the bill should be amended.
The MPs of the main opposition party, CPN-UML, demanded that the bill should be taken to the parliamentary committee for extensive discussion as the president had sent it back with a message. In the meeting, the citizenship bill was passed on the basis of voting as per the demand of the main opposition party UML.
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