Abe killing points to possible pitfalls of Agnipath scheme: TMC
The Hindu
The attacker lost his job in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force after three years of service and he was not getting any pension, the TMC’S mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ claimed
The Trinamool Congress has cautioned the Central government against the Agnipath scheme, pointing to the fact that Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a short-service ex-serviceman.
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The party claimed that the killing underlined the possible pitfalls of the controversial defence recruitment programme.
The State BJP, however, rejected the apprehension saying no Indian ex-servicemen had ever been involved in any such incident.
“The death of Abe at the hands of an ex-serviceman has only validated the fears of the people over the Agnipath scheme,” the TMC’s mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ (Wake up, Bengal) said in an article on Saturday.
The attacker lost his job in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force after three years of service and he was not getting any pension, it claimed.
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