Nepal Citizenship Amendment Bill

Nepal's Parliament on Wednesday passed the country's first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as political parties failed to forge a consensus on it.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which provides for Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who left Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and entered India before 2015, has passed the test in the lower and the upper houses of the parliament. It will now go to the President for his assent. With the passing of the Bill, lakhs of immigrants from religious ...

Nepal's Parliament on Wednesday passed the country's first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as political parties failed to forge a consensus on it.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which provides for Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who left Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and entered India before 2015, has passed the test in the lower and the upper houses of the parliament. It will now go to the President for his assent. With the passing of the Bill, lakhs of immigrants from religious ...