A jubilant Hardik Patel has only one question after Yeddyurappa's resignation as Karnataka CM

Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel has issued his reaction to BS Yeddyurappa's sensational resignation as Karnataka chief minister.

Taking to Twitter, Hardik Patel has hit out at the Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai Vala, who has come in for tremendous criticism from the Congress and other Opposition parties for inviting Yeddyurappa to form a government and then, for appointing KG Bopaiah as the Karnataka assembly pro tem Speaker.

Hardik Patel wrote the following:

Translated, this means "When will Governor Vajubhai Vala resign?"

Hardik Patel's previous tweet, issued a short while after Yeddyurappa's resignation, comprised only of ecstatic emoji.

Two days earlier, upon Yeddyurappa being sworn in as chief minister, Hardik Patel had tweeted the following:

What BJP did in Karnataka, if the Congress had done this, then BJP would have spread the fire of violence in the state. Today I am proud of the Congress' honesty and Constitutional thinking. Congress doesn't know how to decieve that's why in four states, despite having more seats, they couldn't form a government.

Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka CM on Friday

READ| BS Yeddyurappa Resigns As Chief Minister Of Karnataka

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