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Nepali youth defy Maoists to join Indian Army
The brigadier of the 1st Gorkha Rifles (GR), AG Kundalkar, on Sunday ruled out any impact of the call given by the Maoists to youth in Nepal for staying away from joining the Indian army.
“There is no impact of the threat given by the Maoists to the youth in Nepal for joining the Gorkha regiments. We are filling our recruitment quotas and have to drop people because of the rush and willingness of youth to join our regiments,” Kundalkar said on the sidelines of a three-day reunion celebration of the 1st Gorkha Rifles at Gorkha Training Center (GTC), Sabathu, Himachal Pradesh.
He said 1GR was maintaining the 60:40 ratio of its recruits. “As per rules, we recruit 60 Indian and 40 Nepalese in every recruitment process. We have been maintaining the ratio and there is no fear of any decline in number of people from Nepal joining our regiments,” Kundalkar said.
Maoist leaders in Nepal have been continuously threatening to return to the jungle to start another “people’s revolution” in Nepal. They have also threatened people, particularly the youth, to stay away from joining Indian army.
Speaking on the occasion, the Central Commander, Major General, P Ravindranath, who earlier received a guard of honour followed by a solemn wreath-laying ceremony, said the training aspect had been enhanced on scientific patterns.
“Whole organisation (Gorkha Rifles) has evolved to manifolds. We have established state-of-the-art training centre for enhanced training to be imparted to our jawans,” he said.
