BARA: Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand has said that the problems related to the citizenship identity cards will be resolved very soon.
Minister Khand admitted that the citizenship-related issue was a huge issue in Madhesh and assured no Nepali citizens born and brought up in Nepal will be denied of citizenship identity card.
Khand said that there was problem in distribution of citizenship identity card in absence of law.
Proposal seeking formulation of law relating to citizenship was in the parliament, he shared, adding that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was working towards forging national consensus to formulate Citizenship identity card related act.
According to him, the government was mulling to distribute citizenship identity card from municipality once the Act is formulated and put in place.
He hailed Madheshi people as the “real patriotic” people and extended his gratitude for safeguarding the soil and border of the country.
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