A day after the assassination of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mouthpiece of Trinamool Congress 'Jago Bangla' has linked his demise with the newly launched military recruitment scheme- Agnipath in India in its Bengali article titled 'Agnipath shadow in Shinzo's assassination'.
In the article, the TMC leaders have said that the assassination of Abe will strengthen the resistance against India's Agnipath initiative because the man who killed him had worked in the military under contract without a pension.
The article roughly translates, "It is significant that the Centre is also trying to recruit people in the defence in the same way which has led to a massive stir across the country. Under this scheme, people will remain employed for only 4.5 years and there will be no pension and other benefits after retirement."
It further claimed Abe's killer Tetsuya Yamagami after working with Japan's Maritime Self Defence for three years, he did not get any job. "He informed police that he was angry with Shinzo Abe after losing his job," the article claimed.
Shinzo Abe killed
Shinzo Abe, a divisive and most polarising figure who was Japan's longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a campaign speech. He was 67.
Abe was shot just minutes after he started speaking at the political rally and was pronounced dead hours later at a hospital, medical officials said.
Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the attack, which shocked many in Japan, one of the world's safest nations with some of the strictest gun control laws. The weapon was a double-barrelled device that appeared to be a handmade gun. The killer has since confessed that he was 'frustrated with the former leader.'
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