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Kathmandu Saturday March 10, 2001 Falgun 27, 2057.
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Threat to Nepalis
I read with interest the article on the citizenship bill by Jal Singh (Ball
is in the Supreme Court, TKP, March 7 2001)
It is a heartening fact that His Majesty the King, who is the protector and
the guardian of the Constitution, has sought the advice of the Supreme Court on the Nepali
Congress endorsed Bill which the legal experts are calling unconstitutional and the
common-man on the street perceives as anti-national. How could the lawmakers of the Lower
House pass this Bill when the Nepalese themselves are in danger of befalling as a minority
in their own motherland, if this Bill becomes a law? How could the government draft a bill
which permits anybody to get the citizenship even if his/her father is not a Nepali
citizen? Doesn’t this pave the way for millions of Indians to enter Nepal and acquire
Nepal’s citizenship? Doesn’t this Bill welcome Afghani mujahidins, sympathizers
of the LTTE, BODO, ULFA and Free Tibet Movement to get hold of Nepal’s passport, open
up bank accounts, purchase immovable property and, then, carry out sinister designs
against India and China from our territory?
Rajiv Bista
Tripureswor, Kathmandu |
