Shah Faesal (35), who topped the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) examination in 2010, on Wednesday resigned from the government services to protest against unabated killings in Kashmir and lack of sincere reach out from the centre.The IAS topper took to his Facebook and wrote a detailed post on why he had decided to quit, “To protest against the unabated killings in Kashmir, and lack of any sincere reach-out from the Union Government,” he said.Faesal further said that the marginalization and invisiblization of around 200 million Indian Muslims at the hands of “Hindutva” forces reducing them to second-class citizens had also played a role in his decision to quit the services.“Insidious attacks on the special identity of the J&K State and growing culture of intolerance and hate in the mainland India in the name of hyper nationalism, I have decided to resign from Indian Administrative Service, “he wrote.Faesal who is likely to join National conference and contest Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla said that NIA had the potential to decimate constitutional edifice of the country. “I wish to remind the regime of the day that subversion of public institutions like RBI, CBI and NIA has the potential to decimate the Constitutional edifice of this Country and it needs to be stopped.” Faesal wrote on social media site Facebook.Shah Faesal is an Indian civil servant from the State of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2009, he became the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services Examination and the first candidate from Kashmir in several years to be selected to the Indian Administrative Service through open merit.The resignation of IAS topper Shah Faesal baffled some and amused others. People from different shades of society reacted over his resignation.Omar Abdullah welcomed his entry into politics saying that: “The bureaucracy’s loss is politics’ gain.
Welcome to the fold Shah Faesal. Actually I welcomed him to the fold of politicians. His future political plans are his to announce.”National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of IAS topper Shah Faesal by calling it as a “loss to bureaucracy and gain to politics”“The bureaucracy’s loss is politics’ gain. Welcome to the fold @shahfaesal,” Omar wrote on Twitter as reports of Faesal’s resigned started doing the rounds.“Actually I welcomed him to the fold of politicians. His future political plans are his to announce,” Omar said in another tweet, while responding to reports that Faesal was likely to join National Conference.Earlier, Faesal said that he had resigned from the service to protest “unabated killings in Kashmir and the lack of any sincere reach-out from the Union Government”.Basant Rath, the popular cop wished best of luck to him. “All the best, Doctor. Do incredibly good things for our people. In case you need anything, you know I'm just a text away.”National Conference leader Tanvir Sadiq while wishing best to Shah Faesal for all his future endeavours said that they all hope and pray that his thoughts and experiences will help guide this trouble torn state towards peace and prosperity.Meanwhile, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Kashmir’s IAS topper Shah Faesal in protest against the “unabated killings” in Kashmir.Mirwaiz hoped that Faesal’s outrage over killings reflects in the choice of his politics.“Welcome the stand to resign by @ShahFaesal to protest unabated killing of Kashmiris by GOI. Hope his outrage over killings and his sentiment that #KashmiriLivesMatter guide his choice of politics and gets reflected in representing his people’s collective deep driving desire of right to self-determination and their relentless struggle and sacrifice in achieving it – also the reason behind killings and repression on them by the state,” Mirwaiz tweeted.(VMS)