BHARUCH: Gujarat BJP MP and former Mansukh Union Minister Vasava, who has spoken out on tribal issues, on Tuesday resigned from the party and said he would resign Lok Sabha in the budget session of Parliament.
Vasava had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week requesting the withdrawal of a notification from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change declaring 121 villages of Narmada district as an eco-sensitive zone.
A six-term deputy from BharuchVasava in his letter to Gujarat BJP Chairman CR Paatil said: “I resign so that the image of the party is not damaged due to my mistakes. I have been a loyal worker of the party, so please forgive me.”
In the letter to Paatil dated December 28, Vasava said that he will resign as a Bharuch deputy after meeting with the Lok Sabha president during Parliament’s budget session.
Vasava said he tried his best to be loyal to the party and assimilate the party’s values into his life, adding that he is human and prone to mistakes.
“Ultimately, I am a human being and humans tend to make mistakes. So that the party does not suffer from my mistakes, I resign from the party, whose forgiveness I seek,” the tribal leader said in the letter to Paatil.
BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said the party received the resignation letter via social media.
“Paatil has spoken to him and assured him that any problems he has will be solved. Vasava is a senior deputy from Gujarat and we will solve all his problems,” Pandya said.
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