Change of guard in Gujarat, opposition has a field day slamming BJP

After Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani tendered his resignation, Congress had a field day of ripping BJP apart. Tweets from various Congress leaders accused BJP's top leadership and the dearth in local leadership of BJP ruled states like Uttarakhand, Karnataka and now Gujarat.

Hyderabad: After Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani tendered his resignation, Congress had a field day of ripping BJP apart. Tweets from various Congress leaders accused BJP's top leadership and the dearth in local leadership of BJP ruled states like Uttarakhand, Karnataka and now Gujarat.

Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala in his tweets said that deep seated infighting in all BJP ruled states and media remaining indifferent but focus only on opposition ruled states. "This shows failure of PM’s & HM’s leadership. If their anointed CM, Sh. Vijay Rupani has failed #Gujarat & its people after 5 years, onus must lie at the doorsteps of Modiji. Time to rid Gandhi-Patel’s ‘Karambhoomi’ of the machiavellian BJP & its leadership," the Congress leader tweeted.

"The resignation of #Vijayrupani shows the dearth, the acute shortage of leaders at state level in the BJP. First #Uttarakhand, then #Karnataka, and now #Gujarat. The party has become incapable, ineffective, and incompetent in leading the country!", Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi tweeted.

Working president of Gujarat Congress Hardik Patel on Twitter commented that BJP changed the Chief Minister but people of Gujarat are in mood to change the government itself. He had also tweeted his video reacting to the development.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress' youth wing stated the change of guard in Gujarat signals the end of BJP rule in the state. "AAP enters Uttrakhand, presents a robust and effective opposition to ruling BJP. BJP was compelled to remove its CM. AAP breaches BJP's citadel, wins 27 seats in Surat, captures the space of opposition in Gujarat dislodging ineffective Congress. BJP forced to remove its CM," AAP leader Raghav Chadha said in a tweet.

The AAP has made inroads in Gujarat politics, winning 27 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation in February. While the BJP retained power by winning 93 seats in the 120-seat SMC, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP won the remaining 27 seats. The Congress, which had won 36 seats in SMC last time, was reduced to zero seats.

The Indian Youth Congress said in a tweet in Hindi, "In the election states, people have made up their mind to change the BJP government, but they are constantly changing the Chief Minister to mislead the people. No matter how many Chief Ministers they change, the people have made up their mind to change the BJP itself!"

(With inputs from agencies)