Kathmandu, 6 September: Speaker Agni Sapkota has resend the Citizenship Bill, sent back by President Bidya Devi Bhandari for reconsideration, for authentication. President Bhandari on August 14 had sent back the Citizenship Bill sent to her for authentication after being passed by both the House of Representatives (HoR)  and the National Assembly. She had sent a seven-point message to inform the federal parliament and deliberation, and another eight-point message for drawing attention. Ignoring the President's message, the HoR and the National Assembly did not make any changes in the bill and passed it as it is. The president is constitutionally required to authenticate any bill that is resubmitted by the House after sending it back to the House for reconsideration once. President Bhandari had mainly raised two issues .She has mentioned that the bill is silent about the provision of naturalized citizenship through marriage as per Article 11(6) of the Constitution. "If a foreign woman married to a Nepali citizen so wishes, she may acquire naturalized citizenship of Nepal as provided for in a Federal law," states Article 11(6) of the Constitution. President Bhandari had pointed that the Constitution clearly says federal law but the bill passed by the federal parliament does not have that provision. She had also raised question about the provision requiring self-declaration by woman to provide citizenship to her children. People's News Monitoring Service