Nicola Sturgeon has insisted Douglas "lacks any credibility" after he backed Boris Johnson to stay as Prime Minister.
The First Minister known as out the Scottish Conservative chief for going again on his requires Johnson to resign over the partygate scandal.
Ross was one of many first MPs to name for the PM to give up after Johnson lastly admitted attending a bash in Downing Avenue throughout lockdown in 2020.
However the Scottish Tory chief later reversed his calls forward of the Scottish Tory get together convention in March - saying Johnson ought to stay in publish as a result of ongoing battle in Ukraine.
Throughout an interview on BBC Breakfast immediately Ross stated Scots need to speak about the price of residing disaster as an alternative of one other Scottish independence referendum.
He stated: "I used to be chatting with folks in Aberdeenshire and Angus yesterday, whereas I used to be out campaigning, who can not consider that Nicola Sturgeon nonetheless desires to carry an independence referendum as early as subsequent yr.
"Additionally they know that the SNP Nicola Sturgeon are talking about this as a result of they have no plans for native councils or for Scotland as a result of they're a drained failing authorities after a decade and a half in workplace."
Sturgeon was then requested about Ross's feedback on BBC Breakfast.
She replied: "Douglas Ross is someone who utterly lacks any credibility proper now.
"He known as for Boris Johnson to resign, rightly, when all of the get together gate revelations got here to the fore and now meekly has been allowed himself to be hauled into line and is now saying Boris Johnson is the appropriate particular person to be Prime Minister.
"So I am undecided many individuals in Scotland will probably be taking Douglas Ross's feedback on these items very severely."
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