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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal claimed that the Constitution has come into track by authenticating the Citizenship Bill. The Prime Minister was responding to the questions floated by lawmakers in the Parliament on Monday. He said that the bill was sent to the President for authentication by completing all the due process. Prime Minister Dahal, who is also the Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), said that the government requested for the authentication of the Citizenship Bill which was endorsed by both the Houses keeping in mind the interests of the people. He opined that the bill sent by both Houses in a legal way should not be rejected by another Parliament. Similarly, the Prime Minister said that various issues were discussed during his recent visit to India, underlining that the government is serious about national interest and sovereignty. He said that both sides should sit for talks to resolve the Nepal-India border issues.

Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane has said that the Citizenship Bill reached the court due to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Speaking at a Parliament meeting on Monday, Lamichhane said that the Citizenship Bill was certified in an illegal way. President Ram Chandra Paudel authenticated the controversial Citizenship Bill on May 31. On June 1, senior advocate Surendra Bhandari and advocate Bal Krishna Neupane moved the Supreme Court against the authentication of the bill. Hearing the writ petitions on Sunday, a single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma issued a short-term order directing the government not to implement the Citizenship Bill certified by President Paudel. The Citizenship Act has already been published in the Nepal gazette. On August 15, 2022, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had returned this very Bill to the House of Representatives for a review, in accordance with a constitutional provision, 15 days after its submission for authentication after endorsement from the House of Representatives and the National Assembly on July 22 and July 28, respectively.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is positive towards resolving the Nepal-India border issues. Informing about his India visit to the Parliament, Prime Minister Dahal said that his Indian counterpart is positive towards resolving the border differences through diplomatic mechanisms established between Nepal and India. “I have urged Indian Prime Minister Modi to iron out boundary matter seriously,” the Prime Minister said, adding, “Indian Prime Minister Modi is positive towards resolving the disputed issues including the border with Nepal.” “This is the first time that Indian Prime Minister Modi clearly expressed his opinion on the border issue after a long time and this is a positive development,” PM Dahal said.    

The World Environment Day is being marked today with the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. The World Environment Day started to be celebrated on June 5 every year since 1973 at the call of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). It has been 50 years since this day started to be commemorated. On this occasion, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said that the Day will contribute towards prodding all those concerned to transform into results the several initiatives and commitments the government has made at the national and international levels to combat the overall environmental problems including the management of plastic in Nepal. Stating that this year the World Environment Day is being marked to highlight with priority the plastic pollution, one of the major global environmental challenges, PM Dahal stressed on the need of managing the plastic and reduce the environmental pollution caused by plastic which has become an integral part of modern life. He expressed concern, saying the excessive and haphazard use of plastic has created a huge environmental challenge. The PM added that oceans, landfill sites, plains, hilly, high hilly and mountainous regions are filled with piles of plastic trash which increases the risk of causing adverse effects on human health and irreversible impact on the entire ecosystem. More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced throughout the world each year and a big part of this reaches to the oceans via various river systems. This can harm the ecosystem and in efforts to fight its adverse impact, efforts are being made at the initiatives of UNEP to forge a ‘Plastic Pollution Treaty’. The Prime Minister stated that Nepal is also participating in this initiative. He expressed the government’s commitment to enhancing the effectiveness of the Environment Conservation and Climate Change Management National Council which he chairs. According to the PM, the topic of environment conservation requires the active concern, interest and participation of all sides including the government, the non-governmental sector, academia, private sector, general public and consumers. As per the Constitution of Nepal, environment conservation comes under the jurisdiction of all three levels of government – federal, provincial and local. He has called upon one and all working in the environment protection sector to be united in the practical implementation of the theme of this year's World Environment Day.