People in Tarai worry about impact of citizenship amendment law

The endorsement of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill from both the Houses of the Federal Parliament has spread terror among the genuine Nepali people living in the Tarai for centuries. They fear they might one day fall in minority on their own soil after more Indians will be able to get citizenship cards based on the new law.

When an Indian woman married to a Nepali man can get citizenship immediately after her wedding, more Indian women will become Nepali citizens. And one can get citizenship in the mother’s name, this provision could be abused by producing a ‘fake mother’ by more Indians willing to take advantage of the loose law of Nepal and become Nepali citizens. Based on the law, thousands of Indians will get Nepal’s citizens in 20 years and they can easily influence the election results. When more Indians get elected and reach power lawfully, no one can prevent Nepal from becoming the next Fiji if not Sikkim.

Indeed, the way the parliament endorsed the controversial and anti-national law, which will pose a threat to the sovereignty of the country in the long run, one can easily guess how the puppets of the foreign forces are now dominating Nepali politics. They can do anything to reach power or retain the power only to amass property. Obviously, the Citizenship Bill was endorsed under the Indian design. It is also evident from the fact that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s spouse Arzoo and CPN (Maoist Centre) chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal toured India just weeks before the Bill was passed through the parliament with majority votes.