Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, interpreting the Defence Minister's statement on the change in the Agniveer recruitment scheme as a sign of the scheme's faltering efficacy. Kharge accused the government, stating that the imposition
"I think the collegium system is a flop," the retired judge said adding that it should never have happened. Now it has happened and the country has tested this we found that now it has not worked therefore it should be changed, he said.