<p>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.</p>.<p>The party claimed that the killing underlined the possible pitfalls of the controversial defence recruitment programme.</p>.<p>The state BJP, however, rejected the apprehension saying no Indian ex-servicemen had ever been involved in any such incident.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Agniveers too would not get any pension after their four-year service period is over, the article pointed out.</p>.<p>"The BJP is playing with fire in the name of Agnipath scheme…. We have seen what has happened in Japan. An ex-serviceman killed the former Prime Minister," TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The BJP said that such apprehensions are baseless.</p>.<p>"We have never heard of any such incident in which an ex-serviceman of our country is involved. The TMC is just trying to politicise the matter," state BJP spokesperson Samik Samik Bhattacharya said.</p>
<p>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.</p>.<p>The party claimed that the killing underlined the possible pitfalls of the controversial defence recruitment programme.</p>.<p>The state BJP, however, rejected the apprehension saying no Indian ex-servicemen had ever been involved in any such incident.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Agniveers too would not get any pension after their four-year service period is over, the article pointed out.</p>.<p>"The BJP is playing with fire in the name of Agnipath scheme…. We have seen what has happened in Japan. An ex-serviceman killed the former Prime Minister," TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The BJP said that such apprehensions are baseless.</p>.<p>"We have never heard of any such incident in which an ex-serviceman of our country is involved. The TMC is just trying to politicise the matter," state BJP spokesperson Samik Samik Bhattacharya said.</p>