Core elements of rights presented by current proponent of independence (6)
I believe the answer is:
gandhi
'proponent of independence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gandhi that I've seen before include "Leader who preached non-violence" , "Family name of Indian leaders" , "Spiritualistic Indian statesman" , "popular leader" , "Indian man of peace" .)