BJP made Vijay Rupani a ‘scapegoat’ to hide its mismanagement, alleges Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party has made Vijay Rupani a scapegoat to hide its mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis in the state, Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda said on Saturday, according to The Indian Express.

Chavda’s comments came hours after Rupani resigned as the Gujarat chief minister along with the entire state Cabinet.

The Congress leader said that the state government has been an “abject failure” on all fronts. “We knew that the state government in Gujarat was remote controlled from Delhi and the manner in which Anandiben [former Chief Minister Anandiben Patel] was asked to resign without completing her term, in the same manner, Vijay Rupani has also not been allowed his full term,” he said.

Patel had resigned as the chief minister in August 2016, saying someone younger should take on the job. However, some commentators at the time had linked her decision with two major protests in the state – the Patidar agitation for quotas and the demonstrations by Dalits across the state after four tanners were beaten up by cow vigilantes in Una.

Chavda said that internal disputes in the Gujarat BJP unit had been apparent since CR Paatil was chosen the party’s state president in July 2020.

“The government had failed in Covid management, over three lakh people died in first and second wave,”…

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