Gujarat tribal leader quits AAP over party's 'backing' for UCC

An Aam Aadmi Party leader from Gujarat, who fought unsuccessfully from a Scheduled Tribe reserved assembly seat in the 2022 polls, resigned from the party on Sunday opposing its "in principle" support to the uniform civil code. In his resignation letter addressed to AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Praful Vasava said UCC was an attack on the Constitution. Vasava, who lost from Nandod (ST) seat in Narmada district in the 2022 assembly polls, in the letter said AAP cannot talk about safeguarding tribal rights and at the same time express support to UCC, which he claimed takes away special rights given to tribals.