Kathmandu, Feb 16: Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak expressed his confidence that the Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill-2081 would resolve the problems that Nepali citizens face while acquiring citizenship.
Responding to the queries raised by parliamentarians in the House of Representatives meeting on Sunday after deliberation on the Bill, Minister Lekhak explained that the Bill was introduced to liberate people from pain and problems while obtaining citizenship identity card.
“It is imperative to ensure equal rights to women. A situation where a mother is not sought while a man goes to apply for citizenship and the father’s whereabout is sought when a woman goes for it cannot be considered as equal,” the Minister argued.
According to him, the Bill was designed to facilitate the process of issuing citizenship identity card as well as to eliminate gender-based discrimination thereby achieving gender equality.
He informed that regulations, criteria and procedures will be formulated immediately after the endorsement of the Bill. Lekhak also assured there will not be any gender-based discrimination while issuing citizenship identity card.
The Minister mentioned that policy reform, smooth public service delivery, fostering economic progress and prosperity were the top priorities of the incumbent government. He added that the existing legislation would be amended to achieve above-mentioned goals. #citizenship #nepal
