Shah Faesal, the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services examination is set to join the world of politics soon.
Hailed as a youth icon from Kashmir he announced his resignation on the social media on Wednesday.
Interestingly, the reason he gave raised many an eyebrow in the corridors of power.
In a lengthy ‘facebook’ post he wrote, “I am resigning in protest against the “unabated killings” and “marginalization of Indian Muslims” in Kashmir.
Faesal is expected to announce his future plans during his maiden media interaction on Friday.
Speculations were rife in Kashmir valley over his likely induction in the National Conference.
Omar Abdullah was among the first politicians who welcomed Faesal’s decision and said “the bureaucracy’s loss is politics’ gain.”
The full statement of Shah Faesal, as posted on his Facebook page:
“To protest against the unabated killings in Kashmir, and lack of any sincere reach-out from the Union Government; the marginalization and invisibilization 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 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.
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. 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 a true democracy.
I am thankful to my family, friends, and well-wishers for supporting me on this amazing journey in IAS. One of my important tasks here-after will be to train and guide aspiring civil servants to help them in achieving this dream.
I will be addressing a press conference on Friday to share my future plans.
I will look forward to your support and blessings in this new mission.”
Bureaucracy’s loss is politics’ gain: Omar
National Conference Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was among the first politicians who welcomed Faesal’s decision and said “the bureaucracy’s loss is politics’ gain,” hinting at the possibility of his foray into politics.
Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also welcomed the resignation of IAS topper from Kashmir Shah Faesal, hoping his “outrage over Kashmir killings will guide his choice of politics and gets reflected in representing his people’s desire of right to self-determination.”
In his twitter post-Mirwaiz wrote, Faesal’s sentiment that “Kashmiri lives matter” will guide Faesal to represent his people’s (Kashmiris) collective deep driving desire to right to self-determination.
“Welcome the stand to resign by @ShahFaesal to protest the 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 wrote on his twitter handle.
35-year-old Shah Faesal hails from Sogam-Lolab in Kupwara district. His family shifted to Srinagar after Faesal’s father was killed by unidentified gunmen.
Outspoken IAS officer
After joining the IAS services Shah Faesal earned the sobriquet of an outspoken officer. He wrote regular columns in National dailies and remained active on social media pages.
In July last year, he was rapped by the government for his tweet on rape culture in the country.
The Centre had even asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to initiate departmental action against Shah Faesal because of his tweet criticizing rape culture.
Instead of lying low Faesal went public on Twitter to express his angst and demanded a relook into the rules saying, “…service rules with a colonial spirit are invoked in a democratic India to stifle the freedom of conscience. I’m sharing this to underscore the need for a rule change.”
The order from the state government, which Faesal posted on Twitter, holds him responsible for violating the All India Services (conduct rules) rules.
It says “allegedly failed to maintain absolute honesty and integrity in the discharge of your official duty and thus acted in a manner unbecoming of a public servant”.
“Love letter from my boss for my sarcastic tweet against rape-culture in South Asia. The irony here is that service rules with a colonial spirit are invoked in a democratic India to stifle the freedom of conscience. I’m sharing this to underscore the need for a rule”. Faesal wrote.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had defended him even at that juncture.
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah had tweeted, “Looks like DOPT is determined to chase @shahfaesal out of the civil services. The last line of this page is shocking & unacceptable where they question Faesal’s “integrity & honesty“. How is a sarcastic tweet dishonest? How does it make him corrupt”.
Who is Shah Faesal?
Before attaining the age of 27, Shah Faesal had created history by becoming the first Kashmiri to secure the first position in the UPSC examination in 2009.
His selection motivated a large number of Kashmiri students to take the plunge and successfully cracked IAS exam in the recent decade.
35-year-old Shah Faesal hails from Sogam-Lolab in Kupwara district. His family shifted to Srinagar after Faesal’s father was killed by unidentified gunmen.
A doctor by profession Faesal did his MBBS from the SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, topping the examination in 2008.
He recently returned from Harvard Kennedy School where he had a brief stint as a Fulbright fellow.
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Minorities in India are the most pampered. More so under Modi regime than before. How can he justify term “second class citizens” for them? And Kashmir enjoys special status with Articles 370 and 35A, which infact makes rest of Indians as second class citizens w.r.t Kashmir. Violence begets violence, when you throw stones and Molotov cocktails at army one should not expect bouquets in return.
Your banner headlines “IAS topper resigns in protest against ‘unabated killings’ and ‘marginalization of Indian Muslims’ in Kashmir”, due to his “purva janma sukruta” he topped the said exam.
Had he “added” few sentences on Kashmiri pundits issue, our fouji bhais dying in Kashmir every hour, Siachen fighting, JK’s poor economy, unemployment, POK, Indian tax payers shouldering the burden of Kashmir terrorists, politicians huge expenses and central govt annual Budgetary allocations, doles, military equipment buying in billions of rupees for nearly 69 years now…….” one can appreciate his courageous stand for the love of our mother land. This is “missing” in him. His patriotism is “skin deep”. Politician in him is “out”.
His so called “outspokenness” is not convincing and his love towards terrorists, Abdulla, Nehru-Gandhi parivars and foreign funders against India is clearly evident. Any intelligent person in administrative services would have “suggested” and lectured on Do’s and Don’t’s by now or met the PM by now. He is just trying to tap younger generation and give employment to speak against India to win elections. Being a topper, he should have given a “solution” on Kashmir issue…..
His so called topping IAS exams sounds hollow now and is not convincing.
He is also taking cue from that Traitor terrorist Islamic Jihadi rattlesnake Hamid Ansari, who true to his Islamic ISIS mentality abused India right after his term ended as VP planted by Vatican Saudi Paki UPA dispensation. ASK HIM FIRST WHAT MUSLIMS ARE DOING TO YAZIDIS, COPTS, DRUZE, SHIAS, AHMEDIYAS, HINDUS IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES??? ANY ISLAMIC COUNTRY WHIH IS SECULAR? ANYBODY KNOWS??
Yes, culture of Intolerance, that’s the Incomplete Partition of India. Yes there was a Culture of Tolerance between 2004-14 when
1. Islamic Terrorists who divided India and killed 3 million were allowed free hand to kill 10000 Indians with 350 blasts (bi monthly)
2. 26/11 was the greatest tolerance
3. The synchronized riots against Assamese, killing of 700 Assamese in 2009 riots across India in support of Bangladeshis and against India was Islamisc-Christian tolerance.
4. The beheading of Ankit Saxena by ISIS Jihadis was tolerance
5. Reza Academy attack on Jawan Jyoti and Islamic attack on Varanasi temple was Secular tolerance
6. Beheading of Hemraj and celeberation OF HIS BEHEADING BY THE ISLAMIC RATTLESNAKE was tolerance
These Jihadis who divided India in 3 pieces WHY THEY STAYED HERE, THE UNWELCOME GUESTS OF PARTITION, 2 countries were given to these Rattlesnakes still they stayed in India
Add to it the most toxic White Supremacist, barbaric, vile evil ideology of Xtianity and the Vatican Italian dispensation called Congress led by a Italian Nazi daughter, who provided money to Terrorists of Christian PFLP of George Habash to kill Jews. This fellow was in Harvard, mind washed by the same evil Xtian white Nazi barbarians (all Xtians are)
Intolerance? we have been too tolerant in allowing the three most Intolerant desert Cults Xtianity who were Brits Portuguese pimps and killers who slaughtered 85 million Indians, The Mullahs who slaughtered 80 million Hindus and the gutter commie pig who have killed atleast 6 million Native Indians in last 70 years
AS PUTIN CORRRECTLY SAID “ISLAM IS A MEDIEVAL BARBARIC IDEOLOGY WHICH DOES NOT BELIEVE IN COEXISTENCE THOSE WHO WANT TO FOLLOW THE MEDIEVAL SHARIA CAN LEAVE RUSSIA FOR ARABIA DESERTS , THEY ARE NOT WELCOME HERE”TRUMP HAS MADE CLEAR “HE WON’T ALLOW MEDIVIAL ISLAMISTS IN USA” THESE EVIL FIND INDIA INTOLERANT THEY LEAVE RIGHT NOW
OFFCOURSE THIS IS VATICAN AND WHITE KLANNNIST PROPOGANDA AND LIES ALSO..CHRISTIAN DEVIL WANT THE INQUISITION RULE OF FOREIGN SONIA BACK..CONGRESS IS NOTHING BUT NAZI CHRISTIAN PARTY LED BY VATICAN PLANT..OMAR ABDULLAH MOTHER IS A BLOOD WHITE BRIT, SONIA GANDHI RAHUL MOTHER IS WHITE ITALIAN BRIT, MANMOHAN PAKIPANJABI DAUGHTER IS “MARRIED”(LOVE OF WHITE D..KS) TO ITALIAN AMERICAN WARTON BEEBEE, BRINDA KARAT, PRAKASH KARAT ARE PRDS OF WHITE XTIANS (PRAKASH REAL FATHER A BRIT THEOLOGY PROFESSOR)..THESE XTIAN BARBARIAN DEMONS WITH THEIR ISLAMIC TERRORISTS HAVE MOUNTED A ATTACK ON HINDUS IN EVERY WAY…IN ÄTLAS SHRUGGED “REPEAT A LIE MILLION TIMES BILLION TIMES TO CREATE A FALSE SENSE OF GUILT IN A INNOCENT PERSON SO THAT HE CAN BE PUNISHED SAVAGELY FOR NO CRIME OF HIS
AND THE SOLUTION: GIVE THEM INTOLERANCE, HINDU TERROR FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN TERROR
HINDUS HAVE TO LEARN FROM ISRAELIS..THEY HAVE RULED US AND KILLED MILLIONS OF HINDUS,, NOW ITS RECOMPENSE TIME..INDIA DOES NOT NEED THESE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND GO TO HELL OR PAKISTAN
Person goes to Harvard and gets brainwashed to fight against India. Same story that so many Indian sepoys (not soldiers. Sepoys are the ones who fight against india for west) do. They get lured by money and power that west show them. He is singing the old song. I wish people recocgnize this and teach him a lesson. Waiting for a civil war in US, which is long overdue. This can wipe out the money these idiotic institutions possess which they show to indian sepoys and ask them to fight against own country. These people can sell their kins for money.
In a similar fashion, money from abroad funds development; ideas from abroad corrupt leaders’ minds.
Why can we not think of funding our people better and training our minds? Who keeps talking of corruption while gladly accepting foreign funding?
Interesting. Half million Kashmiri Hindus were driven out of Kashmir for nearly 30 years and living as refugees in their own country but that is not of concern to him.
These are the harmful consequences of politically motivated education. If an exceptionally brilliant individual like Faesal can be brainwashed, imagine the plight of lesser mortals.
The solution is to promote leaders that respect truth and knowledge. (Mind you, I am not mentioning corruption or selfishness.) Please try and evaluate the present leadership on the basis of these criteria. I suspect most everyone will fall short.
The ‘politician’ in him has manifested itself. This fellow is a curse to this country and goes on to prove that Kashmiris are a bunch of shameless people. They thrive at the expense of the Indian tax payer and grow their bellies and yet target the country
He joined IAS but couldn’t think of India as a country. Couldn’t shed his regional and religious bias. Were the forces killing ‘muslims’ there for fun? Blind to the anti-national activities happening there?
his future plans???? don’t be stupid……we all know that…..he’ll be chasing the 72 resins
I respect his education, his determination in the aftermath of his father’s gunning down by terrorists. But, unfortunately, he has forgotten the history of Kashmir.
You are right except for the last point. He deserves respect, no doubt. He might not have learnt the true history. Does the exam curriculum have the right history? I doubt.
Its time Hindus get ruthless and accept this guys resignation without batting an eye especially since he is concerned with the marginalisation of Muslims. Looks like he is okay with every other atrocities of the Muslims including the genocide on the Kashmiri pandits and the violence against Hindus in Kashmir.
Why did he not convince the kashmiries to bring back kashmiripundits. He is only interested in his tribe though the others are being killed raped and hounded out by his own tribe. He should be ashamed to give statement like that.
यह शाह फिसल तो बुरहान वाणी से भी भयानक आतंकी है।
इसे जल्द से जल्द मुठभेड़ में उड़ा दें
It is good that such rots do not remain in administration having lop sided views of one community. It is strange that such bastards are selected for IAS. There should be a psychology test like in army before inducting them to IAS.
The islamic Jihadi mind set has so badly damaged even the so called well educated muslims that the results are for every one to see. He has not protested against the forcible Occupation of Kashmir by Pakistani forces since 1947 and the plight of his muslim brothers in Pakistani occupied Kashmir. He on the other hand has blamed Indian Government for being cruel to muslims in Kashmir, he keeps a blind eye on the terrorism perpetrated by Pakistani ISI and army, he does not feel any sympathy for the 19 soldiers who were burnt alive in their URI Camps, he does not feel bad when his own brothers are killed by terrorists. However Indian Administrative Services can do well without such traitors in their ranks. Politicians such as Omar Abdullah, Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are lowly traitors that encourage treason and further the cause of Islamic Jihad in Kashmir, all these traitors do not feel sympathetic to Kashmiri Pandits who are leading the life of refugees in their own country as they cannot enter Kashmir Valley. It is high time that Articles 370 and 35A are immediately abolished and Kashmir valley is opened up for every Indian citizen for settlement and buying properties and do business, like anywhere else in India.