The Nepali Congress has pledged to amend the laws and regulations related to the citizenship of non-resident Nepalis once the party forms a government after winning a majority in the upcoming elections.

Congress President Gagan Thapa, at a pledge public and question and answer program organized in Kathmandu on Thursday, said that Thapa will bring a law to remove legal obstacles and facilitate them to create an environment for non-resident Nepalis to invest in Nepal.

The Congress has already studied the issue of non-resident Nepalis and said that a new law will be brought after the government is formed. 'Congress is clear about the Nepali diaspora - once a Nepali, always a Nepali. For this, we will do whatever amendments are needed in our constitution and laws,' Thapa said, 'We have given non-resident Nepali citizenship. However, we have been very lenient with regard to the majority who need to receive it. It is not enough to just make the NRN Act, there are dozens of other laws, if we do not amend those laws, we will not be able to obtain the rights acquired by NRNs. We have prepared which laws are those and when they will be amended.'

President Thapa said that the party will remove legal and practical obstacles regarding the rights acquired by non-resident Nepali citizens. 'Protecting ancestral property, allowing them to trade their land, allowing Nepalis living abroad to exercise their voting rights. We will fight for the rights of Nepalis living in British Gorkha, allowing them to invest easily in the capital market, and many Nepalis living abroad and those who have taken citizenship abroad but want to invest in Nepal and are unable to do so due to the double taxation system. Nepal will enter into an agreement with such countries to provide facilities in terms of double taxation,' Thapa said.