Not only 75-year-old Satodevi Sada, 53-year-old son Chandar and 24-year-old granddaughter Lalita have not been able to get citizenship.
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Satodevi of Kachandaha, Shambhunath Municipality-3 of Saptari has reached the age of 75. His son Chander is 53 years old and his daughter's granddaughter is 24 years old. But no one in the family has citizenship.
Satodevi was married in Dakneshwari-4 Kusaha. Husband Dhuthar was not a permanent citizen. After the death of Dhuthar 25 years ago, she has been living in Maiti .
'At that time, when he (husband) applied for citizenship in many places, no one helped him,' she said, 'Even when he died, he was sad that he did not get citizenship.' "I am worried that I will die without being a Nepali citizen," she says. She expresses sorrow saying that her son-daughter-in-law and grandchildren are also without identity. "We don't have any evidence to connect with the state," she says.
Due to lack of citizenship, the family has not been able to get any government benefits. "I wish I could get the social security allowance myself," she says, "even the birth registration of the children has not been done." He is from Madhupatti located in Surunga Municipality-4 and has been living in his in-laws house after marriage. Since Magain's parents do not have citizenship, he has not been able to get citizenship. "My parents died a long time ago, they didn't have citizenship and neither did I," Magain said. Due to his lack of citizenship, his wife, 55-year-old Urmila Sada, has not been able to become a citizen. Now his 6 children are deprived of birth registration.
'Because I don't have citizenship, my daughters 24-year-old Lalita, 22-year-old Somindra, Sangeeta and 15-year-old Jitni and sons 17-year-old Govinda and 16-year-old Deepak have not been registered,' says Magain, 'They couldn't study because they didn't have a birth certificate, now there is a problem because they don't have citizenship.' "My life is going on as it is, but at least I would have been able to get citizenship for my sons," he said, "But, there is no way to get citizenship." "They should get citizenship but they don't have any legal basis," Chaudhary says, "even if we wanted to, we couldn't give a recommendation." "They don't have a legal basis to grant citizenship," he says.
