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As the Nepali Congress looks set to form the next government, all eyes are on the Citizenship Amendment bill. Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign the bill in September, despite being passed twice by the majority in Parliament. Nepal is now set to get a new President next year. The bill, once passed, will facilitate granting citizenship to children who are born to Nepali mothers but whose fathers are unknown. In such cases, the mothers will have to make a declaration. Once it becomes an Act, it will provide citizenship to more than 5,00,000 people with voting rights. The bi...
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