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A clash between Nepal's government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil on Wednesday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign proposed amendments in the law.
Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign the bill into law which among others, would grant citizenship to children whose parents' whereabouts are not known. The bill has passed twice by a majority in the parliament, meanwhile, the deadline for the country’s nominal head to sign the bill passed at Tuesday midnight.
The bill, passed by both the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, aims to provide citizenship for hundreds of thousands of people living without citizenship in Nepal. Bhan
Experts say Bidhya Devi Bhandari is required to approve the changes
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 21, (KUNA): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Wednesday a cable of condolences to President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari, expressing his deepest sorrow and condolences over the victims of the deadly landslides, resulting in several deaths, injur