Lt. Gen. Prakash Menon, Director, Strategic Studies Programme, Takshashila Institution, spoke to Money Control on recruitment of Gorkhas under the Agnipath Scheme:
“The Nepalese government has not said `No’ to the Agnipath recruitment scheme; it is only saying that the plan is under their review. They are examining the plan. In my view, the subject is also linked to Nepal’s domestic politics, and I am sure that the COAS would have convinced the Nepalese government about the benefits of the new Indian policy. The ball is now in Kathmandu’s court.”
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