Hyderabad: Taking a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over replacing the chief minister in Gujarat, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Vijay Rupani-led government was voted out of office by a no-confidence motion passed by the BJP High Command while the new Bhupendra Patel-led government will be voted out of power in the 2022 Assembly polls.
Taking to twitter, Chidambaram said "The Rupani-led BJP government in Gujarat was voted out of office by a no-confidence motion passed by the BJP High Command of One. Thank god it was done before the people of Gujarat voted it out in December 2022."
"When the new Bhupendra Patel-led government seeks a vote of confidence from the people, it will be voted out too!," he said on Twitter.
Read: Congress slams BJP over replacing chief ministers in Gujarat, Uttarakhand
Earlier on September 13, the Congress leader had slammed the saffron party saying the BJP is busy replacing its "non-performing" chief ministers but the list is long. "The BJP is busy replacing its non-performing Chief Ministers. When did the BJP leadership realize they were non-performing CMs?, the congress leader asked on Twitter.
"The people of the state concerned knew that B S Yediyurappa, the two Rawats and Rupani were non-performing for many months There are more who must be replaced. In Haryana, Goa, Tripura etc……… The list is long," he said.
Congress leaders have been blaming saffron party's top leaders for replacing the chief ministers in BJP-ruled states which is set to witness Assembly elections next year, saying that the CMs were made "scapegoat" for the failures of the Centre.
Bhupendra Patel, a first-time MLA from Ahmeadabad, was sworn in as the 17th chief minister of Gujarat on Monday after the sudden resignation of Vijay Rupani last Saturday.
Notably, Rupani is the fourth chief minister to resign in BJP-ruled states this year. Earlier, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa had resigned and two chief ministers in Uttarakhand--Tirath Singh Rawat and Trivendra Rawat--had demitted office.
