[Reacting to social media posts which claimed that Faesal will join the NC in the coming days, Omar said he only welcomed the IAS officer to politics. (Photo: Shah Faesal/Facebook)]
Srinagar: UPSC Civil Services (IAS) topper, Shah Faesal, who resigned from the service said one of the important tasks for him post resignation will be to train and guide aspiring civil servants.
"One of my important tasks here-after will be train and guide aspiring civil servants to help them in achieving this dream", Shah Faesal wrote in a Facebook post while announcing his decision to quit IAS - among the top most government posts in India.
IAS officer from Jammu and Kashmir Shah Faesal, who has been in limelight since topping the civil services exam in 2010, resigned Wednesday, protesting against the "unabated" killings in Kashmir and a "lack of sincere reach out" from the Union government.
In a brief statement on Facebook, the 35-year-old said his resignation was also to protest "the marginalization and invisiblisation of around 200 million Indian Muslims at the hands of Hindutva forces reducing them to second-class citizens; insidious attacks on the special identity of the state and growing culture of intolerance and hate in mainland India in the name of hyper-nationalism".
"I wish to reiterate that voices of reason in this country cannot be muzzled for long and the environment of siege will need to end if we wish to usher in true democracy," he added.
Though Shah Faesal said that he would address media Friday to announce his future plans, speculations are rife that he has decided to join Farooque Abdullah's National Conference. Party sources also said that Shah Faesal would be NC candidate from Baramulla in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah welcomed Faesal to the political fold. "The bureaucracy's loss is politics' gain. Welcome to the fold @shahfaesal," Omar tweeted.
Reacting to social media posts which claimed that Faesal will join the NC in the coming days, Omar said he only welcomed the IAS officer to politics.
"Actually I welcomed him to the fold of politicians. His future political plans are his to announce," the former chief minister said.
Faesal's resignation has come six months after the Jammu and Kashmir government initiated disciplinary action against him for a tweet on frequent rapes which was seen by the Centre's Department of Personnel and Training as his failure to maintain absolute honesty and integrity in discharge of duties.
According to the rules, the resignation of Fesal will be forwarded by the state chief secretary along with vigilance status of the officer. The resignation will be considered by the Department of Personnel and Training.
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