Kathmandu : The National Assembly (NA) today passed a proposal asking for sending the ‘Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079’ to the Legislative Management Committee for reconsideration.
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand tabled the proposal in today’s NA meeting.
The House of Representatives again approved the bill that was returned by the President to parliament for reconsideration and sent to the NA with message.
Earlier, a letter from the Office of President relating to the citizenship bill sent back for reconsideration by President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been tabled in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.
The NA secretary Rajendra Phuyal read out the letter in the meeting.
Similarly, he informed the meeting about the message related to the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 received from the House of Representatives.
However, the House of Representatives has already endorsed the Bill without consideration as requested or pointed out by the President.
According to legal procedure, the House Speaker Agni Sapkota will sign the Bill and send back to the President for final authorization.
