The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made it clear that there are slim chances Nepal will make a decision on the Agnipath scheme. Speaking at a regular press conference organized in Singh Durbar on Thursday, Sewa Lamsal, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that there is less possibility that Nepal will take immediate decision on the Agnipath scheme. Saying that the issue needs national consensus, she ruled out the possibility of taking immediate decision on the issue.

She further said that the government is fully busy in preparing for the elections.

“The decision of the Nepal government is that the next government will take the decision on the issue,” Lamsal said. Earlier on Wednesday, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said that India may be forced to withdraw vacancies for enlisting soldiers from Nepal under its new Agnipath scheme in the ongoing recruitment cycle if the landlocked country does not take a decision on time, The Times of India reported.