KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday issued an ordinance to amend the Nepali Citizenship Act, ” The Himalayan Times.

The President’s office said in a statement issued yesterday that the President had issued that the Nepali Declaration (first amendment) ordinance pursuant to Article 114 (1) of this Constitution of Nepal.

Following the issuance of this ordinance, citizenship by descent is going to be given to offsprings of’bona fide’ taxpayers of Nepal, people possessing citizenship by birthright. Likewise, according to the ordinance, the kids whose moms have been Nepali taxpayers but their dads’ identities cannot be demonstrated, will be allowed Nepali citizenship.

Amendment of their citizenship act was among those exemptions set forward by Mahantha Thakur, Rajendra Mahato faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal to offer their assistance for Prime Minister Oli.

The bill had been under debate at the House of Representatives to the last two decades but wasn’t endorsed because of disputes among the parties, The Himalayan Times reported farther.

Earlier on Saturday, the Office of the President issued a release announcing that the dissolution of the Home for the next time according to Article 76 (7) of this Constitution of Nepal, to the recommendation of this cupboard. The next election is going to be on November 12 and 19 in accordance with the recommendation of the Cabinet.