Amid Gorkha recruitment uncertainty, Army Chief lands in Nepal

Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande arrived in Kathmandu Sunday on a five-day go to that comes at a time of uncertainty relating to the recruitment of Gorkhas from Nepal into the Indian Army. During his go to, General Pande will meet Nepal’s President and Prime Minister, and also will be conferred with the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army.

The recruitment of Gorkhas to the Indian Army was suspended by Nepal final month, with the nation’s Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka telling Indian ambassador Naveen Srivastava that recruitment beneath India’s Agnipath scheme doesn’t conform with provisions of the tripartite settlement signed by Nepal, India and Britain on November 9, 1947.

General Pande will meet Nepal counterpart General Prabhu Ram Sharma and hand over medical gear, automobiles and different gadgets to the Nepal Army.

On Monday, he will probably be conferred the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army. This follow is as outdated as Gorkha recruitment.

Although the Gorkha concern isn’t talked about within the itinerary, the size of his go to, which will probably be greater than that of different Army chiefs previously, signifies that the difficulty could also be talked about.