Bhattarai emphasized the need to ensure continuity and multi-generational citizenship.
Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has said that Nepalis who have gone abroad with Nepali citizenship should continue to retain their Nepali citizenship even if they have another citizenship.
Addressing a gathering organized by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Kathmandu on Wednesday under the theme of cooperation for peace, stability and prosperity, Bhattarai stressed the need to ensure the continuity of citizenship and multi-generational citizenship. ‘Millions of people have gone abroad. An appropriate policy should be taken to bring them back to the country. The country has been emptied of Nepalis who have gone abroad. Let us abandon the ghost of nationalism,’ he said. ‘People who have gone abroad with Nepali citizenship should continue it even if they have taken another citizenship. Let us continue citizenship for three generations.’
‘Ellen Musk can become an advisor to the President with citizenship of three countries. But if the citizenship of Nepalis who have gone abroad due to DV is revoked, the entire family, including their father and mother, will be forced to leave the country. This should not happen,’ Bhattarai said.
Linking it to international and domestic economy and social reforms, he said that a data-based policy is necessary for millions of Nepalis living abroad. He suggested that conflicts should not be created in the politics of citizenship and state administration, and expressed the view that the country can be led towards peace and prosperity within a few years through political stability, improvement of geopolitical relations and reform of the banking sector.
