Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on August 23, has said that unnecessary controversies were raised over recently introduced Citizenship Amendment Bill and are motivated by political reasons, reports My Republica. Dahal said that only the children of Nepali parents can get citizenship certificates as per the amendments brought in the Citizenship Act and claimed that it is nothing but hypocrisy to call the Citizenship Bill anti-national. “When KP Oli was the Prime Minister, the Citizenship Bill was introduced as an ordinance. Now when this bill is presented to the parliament, they are calling it anti-national. Nothing can be more dishonest and immoral than this,” he said.