The National Assembly (NA) has passed the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 with majority of votes, reports My Republica on September 3. Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand tabled the bill in the upper house of the federal parliament on September 2. The upper house received the bill sent by the House of Representatives (HoR) along with a message after passing it again. Earlier, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had returned the bill to the parliament for reconsideration.