Youths deprived of citizenship finally find happiness

People unable to acquire citizenship due to a legal vacuum are now flocking to district administration offices following the court’s clearance.

Indrajit Safi is an engineer by profession. A resident of Dhanusha district, he was on the forefront of the longstanding struggle of thousands of youths deprived of citizenship for years. He spearheaded a sit-in and confrontation at Maitighar in Kathmandu, almost every day ever since the Supreme Court issued an interim order in response to a writ petition filed against President Ramchandra Paudel’s authentication of new amendments to the Citizenship Act. Indrajit’s struggle finally paid off on Sunday as the apex court on Thursday cleared the way for the implementation of new amendments to the Citizenship Act.